Towards a formalization of value-centric trust in agent societies

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-183

  Carter, Jonathan ^a   Ghorbani, Ali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent; e commerce; Multiagent systems; Reputation; Trust; Virtual societies

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COSTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; STABILITY;

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP); REPUTATION; TRUST; VIRTUAL SOCIETIES;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 22044442801     PISSN: 15701263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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