Clarifying Trust in Social Internet of Things

• Published in: IEEE transactions on knowledge and data engineering Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 234 - 248
• Main Authors: Lin, Zhiting, Dong, Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.02.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Adaptation models; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Data models; Internet of Things; Peer-to-peer computing; Risk perception; Social Internet of Things; Social network services; task delegation; Trust; trust inference; trust model; trust transfer; Trustworthiness; trustworthiness evaluation; trustworthiness update

A social approach can be exploited for the Internet of Things (IoT) to manage a large number of connected objects. These objects operate as autonomous agents to request and provide information and services to users. Establishing trustworthy relationships among the objects greatly improves the effect...