BACKGROUND Trust is regarded as a necessary component for the smooth running of society, although societal and political modernising processes have been linked to an increase in mistrust, potentially signalling social and economic problems. Fukuyama developed the notion of 'high trust' and 'low trust' societies, as a way of understanding trust within different societies. The purpose of this pap...

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are composed of a large number of sensor nodes that are selforganized. The open nature of WSNs makes them easily exposed to a variety of attacks and brings many security challenges. Furthermore, because of the potentially dynamic behavior of WSNs, there is hardly any infrastructure or centralized control. To enhance the security in WSNs, it is necessary to evalua...

The ongoing digital transformation and internationalization of business processes cause a shift towards more collaborative nature processes. In such collaborations, different organizations execute separate parts the process autonomously. This fragmentation leads to uncertainty regarding correct execution activities, proper workflow, data in flow. If engage together, trust is needed. Therefore, ...

Reliable, distributed applications based on Internet, such as e-commerce system rely heavily on trust path among involved parties. This article introduces an efficient trust model based trust service, Independent Trust Intermediary Service model using Smart Trust List, for trust management. Fundamentally, Independent Trust Intermediary Service is facilities for distributing certificates of CAs ...

In this paper we present a logical model of trust in which trust is conceived as an expectation of the truster about some properties of the trustee. A general typology of trust is presented. We distinguish trust in the trustee’s action from trust in the trustee’s disposition (motivational or normative disposition); positive trust from negative trust. A part of the paper is devoted to the formal...