A Semantic Web Context-Sensitive Trust Model for Research Networks

Trust is the highest level layer of the Semantic Web. In this paper, a specialized social network concept - a Research Network - is defined formally, and a trust model is specified on top of it. The trust model specifies trust queries as well as an algorithm to answer them. Trust propagation, and the reductive method are discussed in detail. Also, the result of applying the trust query algorithm on a test data set is discussed. The trust model, as well as the related concepts have been defined formally.

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Social Network , Research Network , Context-sensitive Trust Model , Semantic Web