Using trust for detecting deceitful agents in artificial societies

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 825-848

  Schillo, Michael ^a   Funk, Petra ^a   Rovatsos, Michael ^b  

^a GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

^b Knowbotic Systems Ltd   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0034286541     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08839510050127579     Document Type: Article

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