This paper describes a generic methodology to develop mathematical and computational
models of different components of the smart grid architecture model (SGAM). The SGAM …

Big data is a potential research area receiving considerable attention from academia and IT
communities. In the digital world, the amounts of data generated and stored have expanded …

The concept of trust and/or trust management has received considerable attention in
engineering research communities as trust is perceived as the basis for decision making in …

Web-based social networks have become popular as a medium for disseminating
information and connecting like-minded people. The public accessibility of such networks …

Deep reinforcement learning has gathered much attention recently. Impressive results were
achieved in activities as diverse as autonomous driving, game playing, molecular …

Online feedback mechanisms harness the bidirectional communication capabilities of the
Internet to engineer large-scale, word-of-mouth networks. Best known so far as a technology …

Trust and reputation systems represent a significant trend in decision support for Internet
mediated service provision. The basic idea is to let parties rate each other, for example after …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) online communities are commonly perceived as an environment offering
both opportunities and threats. One way to minimize threats in such communities is to use …

What do public administrators and policy analysts have in common? Their work is
undertaken within networks formed when different organizations align to accomplish some …

The scientific research in the area of computational mechanisms for trust and reputation in
virtual societies is a recent discipline oriented to increase the reliability and performance of …