A Bayesian Model for Event-based Trust

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 172, Issue , 2007, Pages 499-521

  Nielsen, Mogens ^a   Krukow, Karl ^a   Sassone, Vladimiro ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; event structures; probabilistic system; trust model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN MODEL; EVENT STRUCTURES; PROBABILISTIC SYSTEMS; TRUST MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROBABILITY; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 33847638942     PISSN: 15710661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.entcs.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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