Trust and reputation systems are classes of decision support tools which help detecting
malicious behavior based on collecting ratings and opinions. Despite their advantages …

One of the biggest challenges facing trust and reputation systems (TRSs) is evaluating their
ability to withstand various attacks, as these systems are vulnerable to multiple types of …

Mobile social networking is becoming a new trend allowing users to have instant and real-
time access from their devices to any Internet based networking platform. This requirement is …

In many modern network environments, agents of the system have to select optimal service
providers who in turn decide to provide different quality of services. This is while …

In recent years, trust and reputation systems have gained much interest in many
environments, such as e-market-places, web services, ad-hoc networks and multi-agent …

Nowadays, trust systems (TSs) are widely used for tackling dishonest entities in many
modern environments. However, these systems are vulnerable to some kinds of attacks …

Soft security is a new generation of security methods that, unlike traditional ones such as
encryption and access control (known as hard security), uses social-based control to secure …

Trust and reputation systems (TRSs) are used in cooperative environments where an agent
needs to make a decision for requesting or performing a service. However, TRSs can be …

Trust and reputation models provide soft-security mechanisms that can be used to induce
cooperative behaviors in user-centric communities in which user-generated services and …

Incentive strategies are used in collaborative user-centric networks, the functioning of which
depends on the willingness of users to cooperate. Classical mechanisms stimulating …