Mobile Agent - Reputation and Trust

Reputation and Trust

The following are general concerns about Trust and Reputation in Mobile Agent research:

1. Source of trust information

  • Direct experience
  • Witness information
  • Role-based rules

2. How trust value is calculated

3. Overall trust value

What are the differences between trust and reputation systems?

Trust systems produce a score that reflects the relying party’s subjective view of an entity’s trustworthiness, whereas reputation systems produce an entity’s (public) reputation score as seen by the whole community.

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