Markov model for modelling and managing dynamic trust

In this paper we propose a trust model for decision making that models both the context specific and the dynamic nature of trust. We propose to make use of the Markov model for modelling the context specific and the dynamic nature of trust. Using the Markov model, we show how we can predict the trustworthiness value of an entity in the immediate future time slot. We make use of the trust levels and the trust scales that we had introduced in an earlier publication, in this paper.