Trust, Complexity and Control: Confidence in a Convergent World - Couverture rigide

Cofta, Piotr

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0470061308 ISBN 13 : 9780470061305

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2007

Synopsis

This book offers a consistent explanation of how the phenomenon of confidence or trust can be applied to diverse areas; (automated agents, security, semantic web, AI, e-commerce, e-government, e-society, distributed systems, identity and privacy, social sciences). Starting from the individual perspective concentrated on the decision to proceed, the book presents the model of confidence that combines trust and control together with complexity into a single explanatory framework. From there, the book demonstrates how the model can be applied to different research areas where it can provide valuable contribution, clarifying complex problems and offering solutions to misunderstandings. The book will contain sections on trust in the digital world, the impact of trust on digital communication and networks, trust and commerce, convergence and trust, and trust enhancing technologies.

*Provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to trust and control, and its importance in relation to new convergence technologies

*Offers a unique integrative approach using key terms of trust, confidence, complexity and control to create a common framework model of trust.

*Considers the conceptual issues and problems to be resolved and their application in the digital and e-commerce worlds

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Practical cross disciplinary perspective covering trust in relation to security, identity, privacy, e-commerce, e-government, e-society, autonomous agents, distributed systems, ubiquitous networks, psychology and cognitive networks

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Piotr Cofta works for British Telecom as a Chief Researcher, Security and Trust in the Mobility Research Centre. He is responsible for research in convergent security and trust, specifically in identity and privacy. Previously he has worked for many years for Nokia and more recently for Media Lab Europe, concentrating on device security and transactional trust. His research interest includes technical and social aspects of security and trust with special focus on opportunities in convergent environment and mobile commerce. He received his PhD in computer science from the University of Gdansk, Poland. He is a member of IEE and IEEE.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

An increasing reliance on the Internet and mobile communication has deprived us of our usual means of assessing another party's trustworthiness. This is increasingly forcing us to rely on control. Yet the notion of trust and trustworthiness is essential to the continued development of a technology-enabled society. Trust, Complexity and Control offers readers a single, consistent explanation of how the sociological concept of trust' can be applied to a broad spectrum of technology-related areas; convergent communication, automated agents, digital security, semantic web, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, e-government, privacy etc. It presents a model of confidence in which trust and control are driven and limited by complexity in one explanatory framework and demonstrates how that framework can be applied to different research and application areas. Starting with the individual's assessment of trust, the book shows the reader how application of the framework can clarify misunderstandings and offer solutions to complex problems. The uniqueness of Trust, Complexity and Control is its interdisciplinary treatment of a variety of diverse areas using a single framework. Sections featured include:

Trust and distrust in the digital world.

The impact of convergent communication and networks on trust.

Trust, economy and commerce.

Trust-enhancing technologies. Trust, Complexity and Control is an invaluable source of reference for both researchers and practitioners within the Trust community. It will also be of benefit to students and lecturers in the fields of information technology, social sciences and computer engineering.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0470061308
• ISBN 13: 9780470061305
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible