A fuzzy trust evaluation method for knowledge sharing in virtual enterprises

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 853-864

  Chen, Tsung Yi ^a   Chen, Yuh Min ^b   Lin, Chia Jou ^b   Chen, Pin Yuan ^b  

^a NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy theory; Knowledge sharing; Trust; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVALUATION METHOD; FUZZY THEORY; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MODEL-BASED; SHARING KNOWLEDGE; STUDY DESIGN; TRUST; TRUST EVALUATION; TRUST LEVEL; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE;

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NETWORK SECURITY;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 78049393568     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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