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TACS, a Trust Model for P2P Networks

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Many researchers are working hard in order to improve the capabilities of P2P networks. In this way, one of the main factors slowing down the improvement and development of P2P networks is the need to guarantee a minimum level of trust between two interacting nodes. This paper presents an innovative trust model providing a solution to this problem. Our trust model, which is based on the ant colony system, is able to select the best server to interact with, in terms of being the most trustworthy, in a very high percentage. Here, the traces of pheromone left by the ants correspond to the amount of trust that a node has on its neighbors.

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  1. Departamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, University of Murcia, 30 071, Murcia, Spain

    Félix Gómez Mármol, Gregorio Martínez Pérez & Antonio F. Gómez Skarmeta

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Gómez Mármol, F., Martínez Pérez, G. & Gómez Skarmeta, A.F. TACS, a Trust Model for P2P Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 51, 153–164 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-008-9596-9

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