Title :
Exploiting Untrustworthy Agents in Team Formation
Author :
Jones, Chris L D ; Fullam, Karen K. ; Barber, Suzanne
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin
Abstract :
This paper presents a trust-based mechanism for team formation wherein agents selectively pursue partners of varying trustworthiness. The mechanism is tested by using a market-based simulation to determine how pursuing partners with different trust ratings affects an agent´s utility. Results from these experiments show that for jobs with few subtasks, an agent profits by selecting less trustworthy partners, rather than more trustworthy partners.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; security of data; market-based simulation; team formation; untrustworthy agent; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Equations; Intelligent agent; Intelligent systems; Internet; Laboratories; Proposals; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Agent Technology, 2007. IAT '07. IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fremont, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3027-7
DOI :
10.1109/IAT.2007.96
