The Pudding of Trust

Trust - "reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing" - is pervasive in social systems. We constantly apply it in interactions between people, organizations, animals, and even artifacts. We use it instinctively and implicitly in closed and static systems, or consc...

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Main Authors: Staab, S., Bhargava, B., Leszek, L., Rosenthal, A., Winslett, M., Sloman, M., Dillon, Tharam S., Chang, Elizabeth, Hussain, Farookh, Nejdl, W., Olmedilla, D., Kashyap, V.
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Published: IEEE 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36145
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author Staab, S.
Bhargava, B.
Leszek, L.
Rosenthal, A.
Winslett, M.
Sloman, M.
Dillon, Tharam S.
Chang, Elizabeth
Hussain, Farookh
Nejdl, W.
Olmedilla, D.
Kashyap, V.
author_facet Staab, S.
Bhargava, B.
Leszek, L.
Rosenthal, A.
Winslett, M.
Sloman, M.
Dillon, Tharam S.
Chang, Elizabeth
Hussain, Farookh
Nejdl, W.
Olmedilla, D.
Kashyap, V.
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description Trust - "reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing" - is pervasive in social systems. We constantly apply it in interactions between people, organizations, animals, and even artifacts. We use it instinctively and implicitly in closed and static systems, or consciously and explicitly in open or dynamic systems. An epitome for the former case is a small village, where everybody knows everybody, and the villagers instinctively use their knowledge or stereotypes to trust or distrust their neighbors. A big city exemplifies the latter case, where people use explicit rules of behavior in diverse trust relationships. We already use trust in computing systems extensively, although usually subconsciously. The challenge for exploiting trust in computing lies in extending the use of trust-based solutions, first to artificial entities such as software agents or subsystems, then to human users' subconscious choices.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-361452017-01-30T13:54:01Z The Pudding of Trust Staab, S. Bhargava, B. Leszek, L. Rosenthal, A. Winslett, M. Sloman, M. Dillon, Tharam S. Chang, Elizabeth Hussain, Farookh Nejdl, W. Olmedilla, D. Kashyap, V. Trust - "reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing" - is pervasive in social systems. We constantly apply it in interactions between people, organizations, animals, and even artifacts. We use it instinctively and implicitly in closed and static systems, or consciously and explicitly in open or dynamic systems. An epitome for the former case is a small village, where everybody knows everybody, and the villagers instinctively use their knowledge or stereotypes to trust or distrust their neighbors. A big city exemplifies the latter case, where people use explicit rules of behavior in diverse trust relationships. We already use trust in computing systems extensively, although usually subconsciously. The challenge for exploiting trust in computing lies in extending the use of trust-based solutions, first to artificial entities such as software agents or subsystems, then to human users' subconscious choices. 2004 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36145 IEEE fulltext
spellingShingle Staab, S.
Bhargava, B.
Leszek, L.
Rosenthal, A.
Winslett, M.
Sloman, M.
Dillon, Tharam S.
Chang, Elizabeth
Hussain, Farookh
Nejdl, W.
Olmedilla, D.
Kashyap, V.
The Pudding of Trust
title The Pudding of Trust
title_full The Pudding of Trust
title_fullStr The Pudding of Trust
title_full_unstemmed The Pudding of Trust
title_short The Pudding of Trust
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url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36145