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Chapter and Conference Paper
Confidence-Aware Reputation Bootstrap** in Composite Service Environments
We propose a novel reputation bootstrap** approach for both composite and atomic services in service-oriented environments. We consider multiple factors which may implicitly represent reputations of new serv...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Uncertain Assessment Compatible Incentive Mechanism for Eliciting Continual and Truthful Assessments of Cloud Services
The evaluation of dynamic performance of cloud services relies on continual assessments from cloud users, e.g., ordinary consumers and testing parties. In order to elicit continual and truthful assessments, an...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluating Cloud Users’ Credibility of Providing Subjective Assessment or Objective Assessment for Cloud Services
This paper proposes a novel model for evaluating cloud users’ credibility of providing subjective assessment or objective assessment for cloud services. In contrast to prior studies, cloud users in our model a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimistic Fair Exchange of Ring Signatures
An optimistic fair exchange (OFE) protocol is an effective tool hel** two parties exchange their digital items in an equitable way with assistance of a trusted third party, called arbitrator, who is only requir...
