the importance of zagros forests and interdependence of local communities to forest resources have led to complexity of its management. the role of local communities and investigating their relations toward implementation of natural resources co-management are undeniable. social network analysis (sna) approach is a new method which illustrates relations among local beneficiaries and has importa...

The development of complex applications that use the Peer-to-Peer computing model is restrained by security and trust management concerns, despite evident performance benefits. An example of such an application of P2P computing is P2P Massive Multi-user Online Games, where cheating by players is simple without centralized control or specialized trust management mechanisms. The article presents ...

Study of trust in P2P network now is focus on how to effectively against various malicious behaviors such as providing fake or misleading feedback about other peers and the management of trust in a P2P environment. But the scotoma of portability that trust peer can join (leave) a certain P2P network at anytime and anywhere is seldom discussed. In this paper, a structured topology for trusts man...

Trust has been viewed as an integral component of agent decision making in the context of multiagent systems (MASs). Various formal and semi-formal trust schemes, motivated by diverse considerations and influenced by various fields of study, have been proposed, implemented, and evaluated. We believe that there still exists a pressing need for developing a comprehensive trust management scheme t...

Performance management as a steering instrument is slowly gaining momentum in nonprofit organizations. Taking the mixed experience with performance management in the public and non-profit sector into account, the article looks into the potential of trust as a soft factor which could lead to more effective performance management in the non-profit sector. As discussed, trust per se, is for variou...

All trust management systems must take into account the possibility of error: of misplaced trust. Therefore, regardless of whether it uses reputation or not, is centralized or distributed, a trust management system must be evaluated with consideration for the consequences of misplaced or abused trust. Thus, the issue of fairness has always been implicitly considered in the design and evaluation...

In this paper, we discuss a general methodology for analysis and modeling of trust relationships in distributed computing. We discuss the classification of trust relationships, categorize trust relationships into two layers and provide a hierarchy of trust relationships based on a formal definition of trust relationship. We provide guidelines for the analysis and modeling of trust relationships...

forest management as one of the important source of production is crucial and critical. in taking over the forest resources as one of the most important of natural resources in the world, it is essential to consider local stakeholders to implement forest action plan for forest co-management. therefore, this study aims at achieving to proper management of forests based on evaluating the stakehol...

In cloud computing growth, the management of trust element is most challenging issue. Cloud computing has produce high challenges in security and privacy by the challenging of environments. Trust is one of the most concerned obstacles for the adoption and growth of cloud computing. Although several solutions have been proposed recently in managing trust feedbacks in cloud environments, how to d...