Trust Management in the Pervasive Computing Era

The study of trust should be multidisciplinary. This primarily means including computing and information science on one hand, and psychology on the other. Although some research projects have already employed multidisciplinary approaches, they´ve rarely included all the necessary ingredients. Furthermore, the core of the trust phenomenon is often overlooked. In addition, to complement current quantitative methodologies, we should develop methodologies that support a quantitative treatment by using qualitative assessments of trust.