An integrated trust and reputation model for open multi-agent systems

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-154

  Huynh, Trung Dong ^a   Jennings, Nicholas R ^a   Shadbolt, Nigel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi agent systems; Reputation; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846966283     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: 15737454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10458-005-6825-4     Document Type: Article

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