A sybil-proof referral system based on multiplicative reputation chains

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 862-864

  Kesidis, G ^a   Tangpong, A ^a   Griffin, C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer to peer; Referral; Reputation; Social networks; Sybil

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION COSTS; ON-DEMAND; PEER TO PEER; REPUTATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SYSTEM-BASED;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 70450277218     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2009.091400     Document Type: Article

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