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A strategy-proof trust mechanism for pervasive computing environments
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Wei, Zhiqiang and Zhou, Wei and Kang, Mijun and Collins, M and Nixon, PA, A strategy-proof trust mechanism for pervasive computing environments, IEEE 6th International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems, 2009. MASS '09, 12-15 Oct. 2009, Macau, pp. 728 - 733 . ISBN 978-1-4244-5113-5 (2009) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Copyright 2009 IEEE
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MOBHOC.2009.5336929
DOI: doi:10.1109/MOBHOC.2009.5336929
Abstract
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.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Library and information studies |
Research Field: | Human information interaction and retrieval |
Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
Objective Group: | Information systems, technologies and services |
Objective Field: | Application software packages |
UTAS Author: | Nixon, PA (Professor Paddy Nixon) |
ID Code: | 70123 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Deposited By: | Research Division |
Deposited On: | 2011-06-03 |
Last Modified: | 2015-02-13 |
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