Leveraging network properties for trust evaluation in multi-agent systems

Proceedings - 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 288-295

  Wang, Xi ^a   Maghami, Mahsa ^a   Sukthankar, Gita ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent reputation and trust; Collective classification; Homophily

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION APPROACH; COLLECTIVE CLASSIFICATION; FEATURE VECTORS; HOMOPHILY; HUMAN COMMUNITIES; MISLEADING INFORMATIONS; MULTI-AGENT COMMUNITY; NETWORK CONNECTION; NETWORK PROPERTIES; RELATIONAL FEATURES; TRUST EVALUATION; TRUST LEVEL; UNDERLYING NETWORKS; VALUE SYSTEMS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MAINTENANCE OF WAY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 80155187040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WI-IAT.2011.217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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