Fuzzy Trust Modelling for Pervasive Computing Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-115
Author(s):  
Kostas Kolomvatsos ◽  
Maria Kalouda ◽  
Panagiota Papadopoulou ◽  
Stathes Hadjiefthymiades
Keyword(s):  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Trust Modelling ◽  
Exchange Data

Pervasive computing applications involve the interaction between autonomous entities for performing complex tasks and producing knowledge. Autonomous entities can interact to exchange data and knowledge to fulfil applications requirements. Intelligent Agents (IAs) ‘activated’ in various devices offer a lot of advantages when representing such entities due to their autonomous nature that enables them to perform the desired tasks in a distributed way. However, in such open and dynamic environments, IAs should be based on an efficient mechanism for trusting unknown entities when exchanging data. The trust level of an entity should be automatically calculated based on an efficient methodology. Each entity is uncertain for the characteristics and the intentions of the others. Fuzzy Logic (FL) seems to be the appropriate tool for handling such kind of uncertainty. In this paper, we present a model for trust calculation under the principles of FL. Our scheme takes into consideration the social dimension of trust as well as personal experiences of entities before they decide interactions with an IA. The proposed model is a two-level system involving three FL sub-systems to calculate (a) the social trust (based on experiences retrieved by the community), (b) the individual trust (based on personal experiences) and (c) the final trust. We present our results by evaluating the proposed system compared to other models and reveal its significance.

SOCIALIZATION AND SOCIAL QUALITY AS INSTRUMENTS OF THE STATE POLICY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Valeriy HEYETS ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Social Quality ◽  
The Social ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Individual

Self-realization of the individual in the conditions of using the policy of “social quality” as a modern tool of public administration in a transitional society is largely related to overcoming the existing limitations of the individual in acting in such a society and economy transitioning to a market character. Given that, in particular, in Ukraine the market is hybrid (and this is especially important), the existing limitations in self-realization of the individual must be overcome, including, and perhaps primarily, through transformations in the processes of socialization, which differ from European practices and institutions that ensure its implementation. Thus, it is a matter of overcoming not only and not so much the natural selfish interests of the individual, but the existing gap in skills, which are an invisible asset to ensure the endogenous nature of economic growth. It is shown that there is an inverse relationship between the formation of socialization and the policy of “social quality”, which is characterized by the dialectic of interaction between the individual and the group and which is a process of increasing the degree of socialization. The latter, due to interdependence, will serve to increase the effectiveness of interaction between the individual and the group, which expands the possibilities of self-realization of the individual in terms of European policy of “social quality” as a tool of public administration, whose successful application causes new challenges and content of the so-called secondary sociology. The logic of Ukraine's current development shows that new approaches are needed to achieve the social development goals set out in the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union and to minimize the potential risks and threats that accompany current reforms in Ukrainian society. They should introduce new forms of public administration to create policy interrelationships of all dimensions, as proposed, in particular, by the social quality approach to socialization, the nature of which has been revealed in the author's previous publications. As a result, the socio-cultural (social) dimension will fundamentally change, the structure of which must include the transformational processes of socialization of a person, thanks to which they will learn the basics of life in the new social reality and intensify their social and economic interaction on the basis of self-realization, thereby contributing to the success of state policy of social quality and achieving stable socio-economic development.

scholarly journals Shared Partisanship, Household Norms and Turnout: Testing a Relational Theory of Electoral Participation

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 807-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Fieldhouse ◽  
David Cutts
Keyword(s):  
Party Identification ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Relational Theory ◽  
Civic Duty ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Empirical Tests ◽  
Partisan Identification ◽  
Consumption Benefits ◽  
The Individual

Previous research shows that the household context is a crucial source of influence on turnout. This article sets out a relational theory of voting in which turnout is dependent on the existence of relational selective consumption benefits. The study provides empirical tests of key elements of the proposed model using household survey data from Great Britain. First, building on expressive theories of voting, it examines the extent to which shared partisan identification enhances turnout. Secondly, extending theories of voting as a social norm, it tests whether the civic norms of citizens’ families or households affect turnout over and above the social norms of the individual. In accordance with expectations of expressive theories of voting, it finds that having a shared party identification with other members of the household increases turnout. It also finds that the civic duty of other household members is important in explaining turnout, even when allowing for respondent’s civic duty.

scholarly journals Podwójne życie tłumacza

1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Gawlak
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Pierre Bourdieu ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Literary Field ◽  
Social Field ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Methodological Considerations

Translator’s Double LifeThe manner of functioning of South Slavic literature translators in the social field is presented in the article as a case of “multiplied social participation”, participation in the “game”, which they treat as an incentive for cultural, intellectual and moral development in the individual and social dimension. Methodological considerations on the translation presented in the article are based on the concepts of Barnard Lahire, Pierre Bourdieu, and Roger Caillois.KEY WORDS: Bernard Lahire, Pierre Bourdieu, literary field, game, Roger Caillois, literary translation

Telling lies together? Sharing news as a form of social authentication

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482093101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barui K Waruwu ◽  
Edson C Tandoc ◽  
Andrew Duffy ◽  
Nuri Kim ◽  
Rich Ling
Keyword(s):  
Social Dimension ◽  
Social Validation ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Categorization Theory ◽  
News Source ◽  
The Social ◽  
News Credibility ◽  
Information Verification ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Social News

The increasingly assertive position of social media as a news source means that news audiences can no longer depend on traditional journalists for information verification. Instead, they must determine the news credibility on their own. The majority of information credibility studies have considered news audiences’ information evaluation as a purely cognitive endeavor, implying that individuals can arrive at valid information without social validation. By drawing on self-categorization theory, this article re-conceptualizes audiences’ acts of news authentication by considering it not as a one-off activity under the uncontested control of the individual, but as a cycle of collective authentication strategies whereby individual authentication and social validation are entangled in the context-dependent processing of social news. To do this, we unpacked the social dimension of news authentication by looking at the social motivation, strategies, as well as the consequences that support it through a series of focus group discussions in Singapore.

scholarly journals Social dimension of students’ problems under the development of the contemporary university infrastructure

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 800-813
Author(s):  
Zh V Puzanova ◽  
T I Larina
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
It Department ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
The University ◽  
To Receive

Improving the quality of students’ life is an important task for every university and the educational system as a whole, which fits into the aims of the studies of the social dimension of students’ life. To solve this task, the study of students’ problems is a priority, while the second step can be the creation of university structures that would solve these problems effectively. The article presents an ideal model of the consulting center that can solve such problems. The authors conducted four focus groups in the RUDN University with students of different courses from different countries, and used projective techniques and group discussions to identify models of the consulting center, departments that it should consist of, and qualities of employees working in these departments. The general model of the consulting center includes an information department as its ‘core’ responsible for the distribution of students’ requests to necessary departments; IT department (site, corporate mail, etc.); department of social support (scholarships, financial support, etc.); residence department (registration, dormitory, etc.); department of science and education (grants, competitions, etc.); student committee (leisure). The students prefer to receive all necessary information online, by phone and also in person. The preferred social network for information is Facebook - for foreigners - and VK (Vkontakte) - for Russian students. The students also mentioned three main languages for distribution of information - Russian, English and Chinese. The focus-groups allowed to find out that although some necessary units designed to solve students’ problems already exist, they do not actually solve them due to bureaucratic or other reasons. Therefore, the proposed model of the consulting center can be an effective management solution ‘from the bottom’ that would help the university to communicate with students and to understand their real needs.

The Staged Nature of Decision Making among Senior Tourists

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 602-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Luis Nicolau ◽  
Nieves Losada ◽  
Elisa Alén ◽  
Trinidad Domínguez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Social Character ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Decision Stage ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

This article builds on the idea that senior tourists’ decision making is a staged process in which the different choices are sequential, interrelated, and interdependent. These decisions are “whether to take a vacation," “whether to opt for an international trip," “whether to use an organized tour," and “whether to use publicly subsidized travel.” Considering the social character of many trips offered to seniors, the fourth decision of the proposed process makes it unique. No research has empirically considered using a staged decision making in the context of senior travelers, and the proposed model quantifies the effect of each variable based on the decision the individual is dealing with; also, the way a variable changes its effect even within the same decision stage depending on the individual is analyzed by including heterogeneity into the modeling. The results find that senior tourists follow the proposed four-staged decision-making process rather than the basic two-stage decision-making process.

MODEL OF PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE USING SOCIAL NETWORKING

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oye Nathaniel David ◽  
Adam Mahamat Helou ◽  
Nor Zairah Ab.Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Old Friends

Social networking sites have created a new social dimension where individuals can increase their social awareness by keeping in touch with old friends, making new friends, getting new data or products and gathering information in other aspects of everyday life. This helps individuals become more knowledgeable, which is very beneficial for students. Based on this, the paper proposed a model of perceived influence of academic performance using social networking. The proposed model was interpreted based on the academic performance of FSKSM (Faculty of computer Science and Information systems) students using SNSs in UTM. The study confirmed that majority of students agreed the social networking media have positive influence on their academic performance. Hence there is need for FSKSM policy makers to evolve strategies to guide and ensure that social networking sites are adopted mostly for academic purposes especially among the undergraduate students of the faculty.

An Enactivist Approach to Web-based Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-74
Author(s):  
Giuseppe De Simone ◽  
Diana Carmela Di Gennaro ◽  
Riccardo Fragnito
Keyword(s):  
Social Dimension ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Informal Knowledge ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Biological Aspects ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Web

In the Web-based learning era, the possibility to use the online network for learning activities, studies and research has brought about a revolution in the educational processes and the emergence of a new culture characterized by the idea that knowledge is not closed and defined, but open and accessible to all. Within a perspective in which knowledge is generated by the interaction of the individual with the environment, the socio-constructivist approach paved the way to new theoretical frameworks that, starting from the social dimension of learning, acknowledge and embrace the biological aspects of learning processes, thus offering interesting reflections on the web-learning phenomenon. Stemming from these assumptions, LiveCampus was created; a social learning environment aimed at fostering a synergistic integration between the dimensions of formal and informal knowledge.

scholarly journals Social Psychiatry in Germany in the Twentieth Century: Ideas and Models

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz-Peter Schmiedebach ◽  
Stefan Priebe
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

In the first decades of the twentieth century, German-language papers were published which included the term “soziale Psychiatrie” in their titles. At the same time modern concepts of extramural psychiatric care were being developed. Yet, the meaning of “sozial” (“social” in English) varied widely. This was partly due to its ambiguity. “Social” can be used in the sense of small communities or the wider public; it refers to interpersonal relationships, or to relationships between individuals and social groups or other communities. According to this latter meaning, “social” can emphasize the interests of social groups rather than those of the individual. This is how the term was used at the end of the 1920s and during the National Socialist era. On the other hand, “social” may indicate a friendly and humane intention, a philanthropic approach. It was in this sense that the term was widely used in the 1970s when philanthropic psychiatrists and others called for psychiatric reform and the closure or downsizing of asylums for the mentally ill. Moreover, in association with psychiatry, it can mean both the social dimension of mental illness (including the aetiology) that is assumed to lie in human relationships and in social circumstances, and the social and economic effects of mental illness. In parallel with these shifting meanings of the term “social”, the established models of twentieth-century ambulant psychiatric care also showed a variety of structural characteristics.

Social Engagement of Employees

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Urszula Bukowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Engagement ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Organizational Engagement ◽  
Employee Volunteering ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

The aim of the article is to determine the degree of universality, ways of expression and the benefits of social engagement of employees. Employees can get involved not only in work but also in the functioning of the organization. The social engagement is the organizational engagement in case of the enterprise implementing the concept of CSR. Most often it is expressed as employee volunteering. The volunteering can have many forms and types. The benefits of social engagement have the individual, organizational and social dimension.

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