Trust is an integral component in many kinds of human interaction, allowing people to act
under uncertainty and with the risk of negative consequences. For example, exchanging …

It has been well documented that lack of trust between commercial entities and purchasers
can restrict the potential of e-commerce. This may be because the purchaser is required to …

Both privacy and trust relate to knowledge about an entity. However, there is an inherent
conflict between trust and privacy: the more knowledge a first entity knows about a second …

As the next generation of business model, ubiquitous commerce (u-commerce) triggered a
lot of attention among the academic circle, enterprises and governmental agencies. We …

Internet of Things defines a large number of diverse entities and services which interconnect
with each other and individually or cooperatively operate depending on context, conditions …

During the past thirty years, the world of computing has evolved from large centralised
computing centres to an increasingly distributed computing environment, where computation …

The purpose of ubiquitous computing is anywhere and anytime access to information within
computing infrastructures that is blended into a background and no longer be reminded …

Ubiquitous computing aims to enhance computer use by utilizing many computer resources
available through physical environments, but also making them invisible to users. The …

Privacy appears as a major issue for pervasive computing applications. Several models
have been proposed to address privacy challenges. Successful design requires awareness …

Abstract Telecommunications and Internet Technologies have evolved dramatically during
the last decade, laying a solid foundation for the future generation of Ubiquitous Internet …