A Quantifiable Trust Model for Multi-agent System Based on Equal Relations

The paper first analyzes trust relations, combining the characteristic of multi-agent system, investigates the equal-relations based trust mechanism for multi- agent system, and proposes a possible trust model to quantify and manage the reliability of agent in multi- agent system through building trust database and network of agent. Simulation experiment show that the model is able to promptly evaluate and update trust relation among agents, and improve the reliability and efficiency of interaction between agents, providing a solution for the trust problem of multi-agent system.