Title: Initial trust formation in Virtual Organisations

Authors: Tatyana Ryutov, Clifford Neuman, Li Zhou, Noria Foukia

Addresses: Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, USA. ' Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, USA. ' Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, USA. ' Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, USA

Abstract: We present a conceptual framework that introduces key concepts capturing initial trust establishment in on-demand Virtual Organisations (VO). This framework can be used to develop trust formation protocols and policies. The framework can serve as a basis for implementing an automated system that facilitates the establishment of a VO, considerably reduces the effort for setting up a VO and consequently reduces the VO|s time to operation. A novel aspect of the initial trust establishment described in this paper is the consideration of the mutual trust effects of the participants| behaviour during the trust negotiation process.

Keywords: virtual organisations; trust formation; virtual organisation implementation; mutual trust; trust negotiation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITST.2007.014835

International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, 2007 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.81 - 94

Published online: 10 Aug 2007 *

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