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A strategy-proof trust mechanism for pervasive computing environments

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posted on 2023-05-23, 05:24 authored by Wei, Zhiqiang, Zhou, Wei, Kang, Mijun, Collins, M, Nixon, PA
As pervasive applications become prevalent in our day-to-day lives, the interactions of service provision and consumption between unknown and strange users are commonplace. Trust and reputation systems play a vital role in such application scenarios. One of the problems is that selfish users are reluctant to render the truthful recommendation without incentive. Even if there are incentives, self-interested users may maximise their profit by falsely declaring their opinions strategically. In this paper, we propose a strategy-proof trust mechanism which is a VCG (Vickrey-Clarke-Groves) mechanism for honest recommendation elicitation. The characteristics of the mechanism, such as the characteristics of social choice function and the properties of the payments, are also discussed. Simulation results show that our mechanism is effective in preventing strategic manipulation and guarantee that selfish users will give honest recommendations.

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Publication title

IEEE 6th International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems, 2009. MASS '09

Pagination

728 - 733

ISBN

978-1-4244-5113-5

Publisher

IEEE Computer Society

Place of publication

Piscataway, NJ

Event title

IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems (MASS)

Event Venue

Macau

Date of Event (Start Date)

2009-10-12

Date of Event (End Date)

2009-10-15

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Copyright 2009 IEEE

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