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Trustworthiness is an important concept in human life. This paper discusses trustworthiness from a human social point of view. Today trustworthiness has become equally important for IT services. A definition of trustworthiness is proposed. It is shows that this definition is both consistent with our intuitive understanding and suitable for IT services. The definition leads naturally to a formula useful for describing and measuring trustworthiness.
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Bøegh, J. (2013). Trustworthiness: From a Social Phenomenon to Internet Technology. In: Yuan, Y., Wu, X., Lu, Y. (eds) Trustworthy Computing and Services. ISCTCS 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 320. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35795-4_11
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