Swift trust in a virtual temporary system: A model based on the Dempster-Shafer theory of belief functions

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-126

  Xu, Guangquan ^a   Feng, Zhiyong ^a   Wu, Huabei ^a   Zhao, Dexin ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer theory of belief functions; Netlogo; Swift trust; Virtual temporary system

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048997587     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415120104     Document Type: Article

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