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Parties of reputation systems rate each other and use ratings to compute reputation scores that drive their interactions. When deciding which reputation model to deploy in a network environment, it is important to find the most suitable model and to determine its right initial configuration. This calls for an engineering approach for describing, implementing and evaluating reputation systems while taking into account specific aspects of both the reputation systems and the networked environment where they will run. We present a software tool (NEVER) for network-aware evaluation of reputation systems and their rapid prototyping through experiments performed according to user-specified parameters.
This work has been partially sponsored by the EU project ASCENS, 257414.
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Celestini, A., De Nicola, R., Tiezzi, F. (2013). Network-Aware Evaluation Environment for Reputation Systems. In: Fernández-Gago, C., Martinelli, F., Pearson, S., Agudo, I. (eds) Trust Management VII. IFIPTM 2013. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 401. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38323-6_17
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