Formalizing trust based on usage behaviours for mobile applications

Zheng Yan*, Rong Yan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A mobile application is a software package that can be installed and executed on a mobile device. Which mobile application is more trustworthy for a user to purchase, download, install, consume or recommend becomes a crucial issue that impacts its final success. This paper proposes a computational trust model based on users' behaviors, which assists the evaluation and management of the mobile application's trust with user friendliness. We achieve our model through formalizing a trust behavior construct achieved from a user survey experiment though principle component analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. It is indicated that a user's trust behavior is a multidimensional construct composed of three main aspects: using behavior, reflection behavior, and correlation behavior. Particularly, we simulate a set of test data to visualize the validity of the formalization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAutonomic and Trusted Computing - 6th International Conference, ATC 2009, Proceedings
Pages194-208
Number of pages15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing, ATC 2009 - Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Duration: 7 Jul 20099 Jul 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5586 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing, ATC 2009
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane, QLD
Period7/07/099/07/09

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