"Trust, Complexity and Control" Report Examines the Concept of Trust in a Modern Technological Context.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c74259) has announced the addition of Trust, Complexity and Control: Confidence in a Convergent World to their offering. An increasing reliance on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and mobile communication has deprived us of our usual means of assessing another party's trustworthiness trustworthiness Ethics A principle in which a person both deserves the trust of others and does not violate that trust . 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 au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. agents, digital security, semantic web A collaboration of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and others to provide a standard for defining data on the Web. The Semantic Web uses XML tags that conform to Resource Description Framework and Web Ontology Language formats (see RDF and OWL). , 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 ex·plan·a·to·ry adj. Serving or intended to explain: an explanatory paragraph. ex·plan 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 in·ter·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or involving two or more academic disciplines that are usually considered distinct. interdisciplinary Adjective 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. Foreword fore·word n. A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author. foreword Noun an introductory statement to a book Noun 1. . Introduction. Part I. Confidence: trust and control. 1. Setting the scene. 2. The model of confidence. 3. Measuring confidence. 4. Comparative analysis of the model of confidence. 5. The dynamics of confidence. 6. The dark side. Part II. Confidence and technology. 7. Impact of digital technology. 8. Digital security. 9. Confidence and networks. 10. Attacks on confidence. 11. Trust Enhancing Technologies. Part III. Confidence in a convergent world. 12. Convergence and confidence. 13. Confidence creation in e-business. 14. Privacy and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. . 15. Trust management. 16. Economy of confidence. Index. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c74259. |
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