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The Social Concept of Trust as Enabler for Robustness in Open Self-Organising Systems

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Trustworthy Open Self-Organising Systems

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The participants in open self-organising systems, including users and autonomous agents, operate in a highly uncertain environment in which the agents’ benevolence cannot be assumed. One way to address this challenge is to use computational trust. By extending the notion of trust as a qualifier of relationships between agents and incorporating trust into the agents’ decisions, they can cope with uncertainties stemming from unintentional as well as intentional misbehaviour. As a consequence, the system’s robustness and efficiency increases. In this context, we show how an extended notion of trust can be used in the formation of system structures, algorithmically to mitigate uncertainties in task and resource allocation, and as a sanctioning and incentive mechanism. Beyond that, we outline how the users’ trust in a self-organising system can be increased, which is decisive for the acceptance of these systems.

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    Gerrit Anders, Hella Seebach & Wolfgang Reif

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    Jan-Philipp Steghöfer

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  4. Organic Computing Group, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

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  5. Institute of Systems Engineering, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Christian Müller-Schloer

  6. Systems and Networking Group, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

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Anders, G. et al. (2016). The Social Concept of Trust as Enabler for Robustness in Open Self-Organising Systems. In: Reif, W., et al. Trustworthy Open Self-Organising Systems. Autonomic Systems. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29201-4_1

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