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Trust and Security

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Issues in Multi-Agent Systems

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This chapter gathers a global view of trust and security in multiagent systems. Sharing a common rationale, each section tackles a different aspect of this area, ranging from the cryptographic protection of agents to the formalization and modeling of trust and reputation. Practical issues such as applications and the designing of testbeds are also included in the chapter.

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Robles, S. (2007). Trust and Security. In: Moreno, A., Pavón, J. (eds) Issues in Multi-Agent Systems. Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies and Autonomic Computing. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8543-9_4

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