A probabilistic reputation model based on transaction ratings

Information Sciences

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2095-2123

  Fouss, François ^a   Achbany, Youssef ^b   Saerens, Marco ^b  

^a Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Rating prediction; Ratings aggregation; Reputation; Trust

Indexed keywords

BASIC MODELS; BAYESIAN MODEL; COMPETING MODELS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; INTERACTION MODEL; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MODEL-BASED; NORMAL LAW; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; QUALITY LEVELS; REGRESSION MODEL; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARD METHOD;

ALGORITHMS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 77649340817     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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