Hi
i read in some article that the trust value can be caluclated from direct experience of a consomers or from referrals and ratings that are exchanged between users in a social network (indirect evidence)
i whant to know :
-how we can calculate the trust of a service(single and composite )using such referrals and exchanged information ?
-what is indirect evidence ?
-what are technique and approach that are used for estimating the trust value of a service using indirect evidence?
can someone help be
thanks