On the economics of anonymity

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2742, Issue , 2003, Pages 84-102

  Acquisti, Alessandro ^a   Dingledine, Roger ^b   Syverson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Free Haven Project   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Decentralized; Economics; Incentives; Reputation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; ECONOMICS;

ANONYMITY; DECENTRALIZED; INCENTIVES; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; REPUTATION; ROBUST DESIGNS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; TECHNICAL BARRIERS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 35248878897     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-45126-6_7     Document Type: Article

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