A Dempster-Shafer theory based witness trustworthiness model

  • Authors:
  • Siyuan Liu;Alex C. Kot;Chunyan Miao;Yin-Leng Theng

  • Affiliations:
  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 3
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The problem of unfair testimonies remains to be a big concern in reputation systems. To address this problem, we propose a witness trustworthiness model based on Dempster-Shafer theory for reputation systems using multi-nominal testimonies. The proposed approach uses Dempster-Shafer theory to model a witness's trustworthiness from both personal and public aspects. Experimental evaluation demonstrates promising results of the proposed approach in modeling witnesses' trustworthiness and adapting to the buyer specified subjective difference tolerance level.