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Shou-Xin Wang, Li Zhang, Shuai Wang, Xiang Qiu. A Cloud-Based Trust Model for Evaluating Quality of Web Services[J]. Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 2010, 25(6): 1130-1142. DOI: 10.1007/s11390-010-1090-7
Citation: Shou-Xin Wang, Li Zhang, Shuai Wang, Xiang Qiu. A Cloud-Based Trust Model for Evaluating Quality of Web Services[J]. Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 2010, 25(6): 1130-1142. DOI: 10.1007/s11390-010-1090-7
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A Cloud-Based Trust Model for Evaluating Quality of Web Services

  • Institute of Software Engineering, School of Computer Science &|Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

Funds: This work was supported by the National Basic Research 973 Program of China under Grant No. 2007CB310803, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 90818017.
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  • Author Bio:

    Shou-Xin Wang is a Ph.D. candidate of School of Computer Science andEngineering, Beihang University (BUAA), and member of China Computer Federation. His researchinterests focus on software engineering, software architecture, trustmodeling and evaluating on Internet.

    Li Zhang, Ph.D., professor in School of Computer Science andEngineering, Beihang University (BUAA). She is a committee member of SoftwareEngineering in CCF (China Computer Federation), committee member ofeducation in CCF and committee member of computer application inCSA (Chinese Society of Astronautics). She is interested in softwareengineering, business process/system modeling, software architecturemodeling, visual modeling language and requirement engineering.

    Shuai Wang is a Master candidate of School of Computer Science andEngineering, Beihang University.His research interests focus on requirements engineering, trustmodeling and evaluating on internet.

    Xiang Qiu is a Ph.D. candidate of School of Computer Science andEngineering, Beihang University. His majorfield of study includes requirement engineering and software

  • Received Date: July 07, 2009
  • Revised Date: September 19, 2010
  • Published Date: October 31, 2010
    Abstract
  • Because trust is regarded as an essential secured relationship within a distributed network environment, selecting services over the Internet from the viewpoint of trust has been a major trend. Current research about trust model and evaluation in the context of Web services does not rationally and accurately reflect some essential characteristics of trust such as subjective uncertainty and dynamism. In this paper, we analyze some important characteristics of trust, and some key factors that affect the trust relation in the Web service environment. Accordingly, we propose a trust model based on Cloud Model theory to describe the subjective uncertainty of trust factors. A time-related backward cloud generation algorithm is given to express the dynamism of trust. Furthermore, according to the trust model and algorithm, a formalized calculation approach is provided to evaluate the trust degree of services requestors in providers. Our experiment shows that the evaluation of trust degree can effectively support trust-decisions and provide a helpful exploitation for selecting services based on the viewpoint of trust.
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