An integrated trust and reputation model for open multi-agent systems
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Author(s)
Huynh, TD
Jennings, NR
Shadbolt, NR
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Trust and reputation are central to effective interactions in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, continuously enter and leave the system. This openness means existing trust and reputation models cannot readily be used since their performance suffers when there are various (unforseen) changes in the environment. To this end, this paper presents FIRE, a trust and reputation model that integrates a number of information sources to produce a comprehensive assessment of an agent’s likely performance in open systems. Specifically, FIRE incorporates interaction trust, role-based trust, witness reputation, and certified reputation to provide trust metrics in most circumstances. FIRE is empirically evaluated and is shown to help agents gain better utility (by effectively selecting appropriate interaction partners) than our benchmarks in a variety of agent populations. It is also shown that FIRE is able to effectively respond to changes that occur in an agent’s environment.
Date Issued
2006-03-10
Date Acceptance
2006-03-10
Citation
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2006, 13 (2), pp.119-154
ISSN
1573-7454
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Start Page
119
End Page
154
Journal / Book Title
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Volume
13
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© Springer Verlag 2006. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10458-005-6825-4
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/262593/
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Automation & Control Systems
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS
COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
trust
reputation
multi-agent systems
WEB SERVICES
MANAGEMENT
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
0801 Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing
1702 Cognitive Science
Publication Status
Published