An Indirect Security Trust Method Based on Credibility Evaluation
Wei Xianghe, Zhang Hong, Liu Zhen, Li Qianmu, Xia Bin
Journal of Digital Information Management, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2014.
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Link: http://dline.info/fpaper/jdim/v12i2/10.pdf
Abstract:
In existing trust models, the recommending services often provide a single trust value (computed by them during their interaction with the unknown entity in question) as a recommendation. However, a single trust value recommended by a recommender represents its subjective opinion about the unknown entity and cannot depict the real trust level very well under certain circumstances. To solve this problem, a fuzzy based credibility evaluation method for indirect trust computation is proposed. The calculation method cannot just incorporate a mechanism to determine the weight each valid recommendation should carry on aggregation process, but also distinguish between honest and dishonest recommendations in the meantime.