A trust evaluation model behaviors based in electricity market

Aiming at that the risk of perfect competition electricity market is limited information, the self-serving nature and the uncertain future, this paper presents a trust model BBTM (behaviors based trust model) that can evaluate trust relationship between participators by measuring participators´ behavior and computing trust levels of participators. In this model, the hierarchical structure of the main factors that affect the trust value of participators is established by Delphi method, and layer analysis process is applied to determine the weights of various factors. The trading quantity of electricity is converted to standard transaction numbers and standard transaction satisfactory numbers, which can prevent participators from cheating in large-scale transaction by accumulating trust value in small-scale successful transactions. The model can enhance the mutual understanding among market participators and promote them to provide the credible service to improve their credibility, which could ensure that the electricity market operates stably and effectively.