Abstract Purpose of Review To assess the state-of-the-art in research on trust in robots and
to examine if recent methodological advances can aid in the development of trustworthy …

Background Meat is one of the main sources of protein in human nutrition. During recent
years meat production volume has been showing significant growth worldwide. The total …

Problems of cooperation--in which agents seek ways to jointly improve their welfare--are
ubiquitous and important. They can be found at scales ranging from our daily routines--such …

In this paper, we extend Dung's seminal argument framework to form a probabilistic
argument framework by associating probabilities with arguments and defeats. We then …

There is an urgent need of effective trust management for vehicular ad-hoc networks
(VANETs), given the dire consequences of acting on false information sent out by malicious …

Cloud computing provides cost-efficient opportunities for enterprises by offering a variety of
dynamic, scalable, and shared services. Usually, cloud providers provide assurances by …

Abstract Cloud computing offers massively scalable, elastic resources (eg, data, computing
power, and services) over the internet from remote data centres to the consumers. The …

Increasingly, human beings are sensors engaging directly with the mobile Internet.
Individuals can now share real-time experiences at an unprecedented scale. Social …

Level of Trust can determine which source of information is reliable and with whom we
should share or from whom we should accept information. There are several applications for …

In many dynamic open systems, autonomous agents must interact with one another to
achieve their goals. Such agents may be self-interested and, when trusted to perform an …