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Competence
reputation aggregation
nAssumptions:
nExistence of a central reputation server
nTrusters are cooperative
nBased on trusting beliefs instead of ratings
nTrusters providing trusting beliefs are
subjective
nReputation
aggregation methods shall eliminate the effect of subjectivity and output a result close to the trusting
belief the reputation
requester would have obtained if she had directly interacted with the trustee.