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An Endorsement-Based Reputation System for Trustworthy Crowdsourcing
Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Annual Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (2015, Hong Kong)
  • Chunchun Wu
  • Tony Tie Luo, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Fan Wu
  • Guihai Chen
Abstract

Crowdsourcing is a new distributed computing paradigm that leverages the wisdom of crowd and the voluntary human effort to solve problems or collect data. In this paradigm of soliciting user contributions, the trustworthiness of contributions becomes a matter of crucial importance to the viability of crowdsourcing. Prior mechanisms either do not consider the trustworthiness of contributions or assess the quality of contributions only after the event, resulting in irreversible effort exertion and distorted player utilities. In this paper, we propose a reputation system to not only assess but also predict the trustworthiness of user contributions. In particular, we explore an inter-worker relationship called endorsement to improve trustworthiness prediction using machine learning methods, while taking into account the heterogeneity of both workers and tasks.

Meeting Name
34th IEEE Annual Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2015 (2015: Apr. 26-May 1, Hong Kong)
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
  • Artificial intelligence,
  • Distributed computer systems, Crowdsourcing,
  • Machine learning methods,
  • Reputation systems,
  • Wisdom of crowds, Learning systems
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-146737131-5
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
5-1-2015
Publication Date
01 May 2015
Disciplines
Citation Information
Chunchun Wu, Tony Tie Luo, Fan Wu and Guihai Chen. "An Endorsement-Based Reputation System for Trustworthy Crowdsourcing" Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Annual Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (2015, Hong Kong) (2015) p. 89 - 90 ISSN: 0743-166X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tony-luo/2/