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Perspective and Characteristics of Trust: Understanding Trust in Different Disciplines

Perspective and Characteristics of Trust: Understanding Trust in Different Disciplines

Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781466647657|ISBN10: 1466647655|EISBN13: 9781466647664
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4765-7.ch001
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Zheng Yan. "Perspective and Characteristics of Trust: Understanding Trust in Different Disciplines." Trust Management in Mobile Environments: Autonomic and Usable Models, IGI Global, 2014, pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4765-7.ch001

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Z. Yan (2014). Perspective and Characteristics of Trust: Understanding Trust in Different Disciplines. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4765-7.ch001

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Zheng Yan. "Perspective and Characteristics of Trust: Understanding Trust in Different Disciplines." In Trust Management in Mobile Environments: Autonomic and Usable Models. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4765-7.ch001

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Abstract

Trust plays a crucial role in our social life to facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefits. With the rapid growth of digital computing and networking technologies, especially in mobile domains, trust becomes an important aspect in the design, development, and maintenance of secure computing systems and mobile systems. Trust is a complicated concept. For understanding it in a comprehensive way, this chapter introduces various perspectives of trust in different disciplines, investigates the factors that influence trust and summarizes its basic characteristics. As the first chapter, it also provides a guideline for reading the whole book.

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