Examining the motivations of defection in large-scale open systems

Rowan Martin-Hughes*, Jochen Renz

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    Abstract

    In large-scale open systems such as eBay one of the key concerns in increasing the utility of users is having a. trustworthy method for users to determine which interactions will be satisfactory and which are liable to lead to disappointment. Rather than starting from the point of assuming there are good and bad users we will examine why we can make such a distinction in this context and how humans mitigate some of the problems which seem endemic to such a. system through game modification. We then demonstrate a use of this model of behaviour in simulating a particular agent choice in order to show the conditions under which different reputation systems affect an agent's trustworthiness, before briefly describing possible future directions of research to deal with the truly disenfranchised agents.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC'08
    Pages2035-2039
    Number of pages5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    Event23rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC'08 - Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
    Duration: 16 Mar 200820 Mar 2008

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

    Conference

    Conference23rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC'08
    Country/TerritoryBrazil
    CityFortaleza, Ceara
    Period16/03/0820/03/08

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