A Distributed Mechanism for Trust Propagation and Consolidation in Ad Hoc Networks

Título	A Distributed Mechanism for Trust Propagation and Consolidation in Ad Hoc Networks
Publication Type	Conference Paper
Year of Publication	2006
Authors	SCHWEITZER, C. M., T. C. M. B. Carvalho, and W. V. Ruggiero
Conference Name	The International Conference on Information Networking - ICOIN 2006
Date Published	Jan 16-19, 2006
Publisher	Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3961 Springer/Springer 2006,
Conference Location	Sendai, Japan
ISBN Number	ISBN 3-540-48563-5
Other Numbers	ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print) 1611-3349 (Online)
Abstract	Trust is a person’s knowledge of and confidence in another’s behavior and reputation. This concept can be applied to ad hoc networks, whose entities interact based on some kinds of relationships of trust in each other. This paper presents a trust model for ad hoc networks, using a specific metric to establish and associate the consolidated trust rating to their entities. A distributed mechanism is defined to propagate and consolidate these trust ratings, enabling the entities of an ad hoc network to decide whether or not to trust other entities with which they intend to interact.
URL	http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icoin/icoin2006.html
DOI	10.1007/11919568_16