Title :
Scalable Trust in Multi-agent E-commerce System
Author :
Zhao, Shuliang ; Liu, Haifeng ; Sun, Zhaohao
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Math. & Inf. Sci., Hebei Normal Univ., Hebei
Abstract :
Trust between agents is a key issue in multi-agent e-commerce system (MECS). With the expanding of system scale and the rapid increase of e-commerce, scalable trust in e-commerce system becomes critical. This article examines scalable trust of a system, in particular in e-commerce system, and classifies the trust between agents in e-commerce system. Then it discusses the realization of scalable trust from the viewpoint of sociology and engineering.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; multi-agent systems; security of data; e-consumers; e-customer; multiagent e-commerce system; scalable trust; Control systems; Educational institutions; Electronic commerce; Impedance; Information science; Information security; Mathematics; Scalability; Sociology; System performance; e-commerce; multi-agent system; scalable trust;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Commerce and Security, 2008 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou City
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3258-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISECS.2008.84