A discriminatory rewarding mechanism for sybil detection with applications to Tor

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2010, Pages 29-36

  Pal, Asim Kumar ^a   Nath, Debabrata ^b   Chakraborty, Sumit ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering   (India)

^c Life Sciences Digital Business Operations   (India)

Author keywords

Game theory; Incentive mechanism; Reputation; Sybil attack

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AGENTS; COST PARAMETERS; COST SHARING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC MECHANISMS; INCENTIVE MECHANISM; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; PRIVATE INFORMATION; REPUTATION; SCORING FUNCTIONS; SYBIL ATTACK;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY; NETWORK SECURITY;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 78651593878     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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