2005/12/08 by Bernardo A. Huberman, Fang Wu, Huberman, Bernardo A. +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Access Control and Trust #Blockchain Technology Applications and Security #Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting #cs.GT #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cs/0512034
arxiv created 2005/12/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We describe a pricing structure for the provision of IT services that ensures trust without requiring repeated interactions between service providers and users. It does so by offering a pricing structure that elicits truthful reporting of quality of service (QoS) by providers while making them profitable. This mechanism also induces truth-telling on the part of users reserving the service.