The trust in distributed environment is uncertain, which is variation for various factors. This paper introduces TDTM, a model for time-based dynamic trust. Every entity in the distribute environment is endowed with a...The trust in distributed environment is uncertain, which is variation for various factors. This paper introduces TDTM, a model for time-based dynamic trust. Every entity in the distribute environment is endowed with a trust-vector, which figures the trust intensity between this entity and the others. The trust intensity is dynamic due to the time and the inter-operation between two entities, a method is proposed to quantify this change based on the mind of ant colony algorithm and then an algorithm for the transfer of trust relation is also proposed. Furthermore, this paper analyses the influence to the trust intensity among all entities that is aroused by the change of trust intensity between the two entities, and presents an algorithm to resolve the problem. Finally, we show the process of the trusts' change that is aroused by the time's lapse and the inter-operation through an instance.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China (60403027) Natural Science Foundation of HubeiProvince (2005ABA258) Open Foundation of State Key Labora-tory of Software Engineering (SKLSE05-07)
文摘The trust in distributed environment is uncertain, which is variation for various factors. This paper introduces TDTM, a model for time-based dynamic trust. Every entity in the distribute environment is endowed with a trust-vector, which figures the trust intensity between this entity and the others. The trust intensity is dynamic due to the time and the inter-operation between two entities, a method is proposed to quantify this change based on the mind of ant colony algorithm and then an algorithm for the transfer of trust relation is also proposed. Furthermore, this paper analyses the influence to the trust intensity among all entities that is aroused by the change of trust intensity between the two entities, and presents an algorithm to resolve the problem. Finally, we show the process of the trusts' change that is aroused by the time's lapse and the inter-operation through an instance.
基金国家重点基础研究发展规划(973)( the National Grand Fundamental Research 973 Program of China under Grant No.2003CB314802)国家高技术研究发展计划( 863)(the National High-Tech Research and Development Plan of China under Grant No.2006AA01Z23)国家自然科学基金( the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.60673169)