Christiano Castelfranchi & Rino Falcone 
Trust Theory [PDF ebook] 
A Socio-Cognitive and Computational Model

This book provides an introduction, discussion, and formal-based
modelling of trust theory and its applications in agent-based
systems



This book gives an accessible explanation of the importance of
trust in human interaction and, in general, in autonomous cognitive
agents including autonomous technologies. The authors explain the
concepts of trust, and describe a principled, general theory of
trust grounded on cognitive, cultural, institutional, technical,
and normative solutions. This provides a strong base for the
author’s discussion of role of trust in agent-based systems
supporting human-computer interaction and distributed and virtual
organizations or markets (multi-agent systems).

Key Features:

* Provides an accessible introduction to trust, and its
importance and applications in agent-based systems

* Proposes a principled, general theory of trust grounding on
cognitive, cultural, institutional, technical, and normative
solutions.

* Offers a clear, intuitive approach, and systematic integration
of relevant issues

* Explains the dynamics of trust, and the relationship between
trust and security

* Offers operational definitions and models directly applicable
both in technical and experimental domains

* Includes a critical examination of trust models in economics,
philosophy, psychology, sociology, and AI



This book will be a valuable reference for researchers and
advanced students focused on information and communication
technologies (computer science, artificial intelligence,
organizational sciences, and knowledge management etc.), as well as
Web-site and robotics designers, and for scholars working on human,
social, and cultural aspects of technology. Professionals of
ecommerce systems and peer-to-peer systems will also find this text
of interest.

关于作者

Cristiano Castelfranchi is full professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of Siena, Italy, and Director of the Institute of the Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). Cristiano has a background in linguistics and psychology, and is active in the Multi-Agent Systems, Social Simulation, and Cognitive Science communities. He was program chair of AAMAS 2002, and is chair of several international workshops. He has published 11 books (3 in English), and more than 150 conference and journal articles.

Rino Falcone is Leader Researcher for the T3 (Trust Theory and Technology) group at the Institute of the Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). His scientific interests include Natural Language Processing, Plan Recognition, Multi-agent Systems and Agent Theory. Rino has published more than 100 conference and journal articles, organized several international conferences, and edited several special issues of international journal on these topics.