Trust Theory and Technology Group

T3 Group goal is to study the trust concept in order to understand its complexities and to try to develop a complete theory of trust, with specific attention to its relations with delegation and social cooperation.

Web page:

http://t3.istc.cnr.it

Address:

Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione - CNR

Via San Martino della Battaglia 44 - 00185 - Roma

Additional info

Profile

Our studies start from a socio-cognitive point of view because we believe that is extremely important to understand in details how is the mind of a trusting agent: we need a cognitive architecture, built up by beliefs and goals, to consider trust with an appropriate degree of deepening. We try also to develop computational models of our research in order to test our theories by simulation with intelligent agents: an attempt in this perspective uses a Fuzzy Logic for analyzing how a beliefs architecture about trust could be understood and used by artificial agents.

The results of our research can be useful to understand complex social phenomena besides trust: with the growing interest in artificial environments and in human relationships within these environments, it is more and more important to understand how cooperation, reputation, economic exchanges and communication start, develop and perhaps end in domains like the Internet, HCI, CSCW, e-commerce, telemedicine and so on. Trust is a key factor in all these frameworks.

Members

Former Members:

Emiliano Lorini, IRIT-CNRS (France)
Francesca Marzo, LUISS (Italy)
Michele Piunti, Reply Srl (Italy)
Filippo Ulivieri
Matteo Venanzi, University of Southampton (UK)

Publications

Articolo

2000

Il paradigma ad agenti: l'IA torna alle sue sfide originarie (e al successo)

Falcone R., Castelfranchi C.

Source: Lettera matematica PRISTEM (Testo stamp.) 36 (2000): 21–29., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Falcone R., Castelfranchi C.,/titolo:Il paradigma ad agenti: l'IA torna alle sue sfide originarie (e al successo)/doi:/rivista:Lettera matematica PRISTEM (Testo stamp.)/anno:2000/pagina_da:21/pagina_a:29/intervallo_pagine:21–29/

Levels of delegation and levels of adoption as the basis for adjustable autonomy

Falcone, R, Castelfranchi, C

Source: Lecture notes in computer science 1792 (2000): 273–284., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Falcone, R; Castelfranchi, C/titolo:Levels of delegation and levels of adoption as the basis for adjustable autonomy/doi:/rivista:Lecture notes in computer science/anno:2000/pagina_da:273/pagina_a:284/intervallo_pagine:273–284/v

Trust and control: A dialectic link

Castelfranchi, C, Falcone, R

Source: Applied artificial intelligence 14 (2000): 799–823. doi:10.1080/08839510050127560, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Castelfranchi, C; Falcone, R/titolo:Trust and control: A dialectic link/doi:10.1080/08839510050127560/rivista:Applied artificial intelligence/anno:2000/pagina_da:799/pagina_a:823/intervallo_pagine:799–823/volume:14

1999

Agents and Norms: How to fill the gap?

Conte R., Falcone R., G. Sartor

Source: Artificial intelligence and law (Dordr., Print) 7 (1999): 1–15., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Conte R., Falcone R., G. Sartor,/titolo:Agents and Norms: How to fill the gap?/doi:/rivista:Artificial intelligence and law (Dordr., Print)/anno:1999/pagina_da:1/pagina_a:15/intervallo_pagine:1–15/volume:7

Basic Mental Attitudes of a Collaborating Agent: Cognitive Primitives for MAS

Castelfranchi, C., Falcone, R.

Source: Lecture notes in computer science 1647 (1999): 188–209., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Castelfranchi, C., Falcone, R./titolo:Basic Mental Attitudes of a Collaborating Agent: Cognitive Primitives for MAS/doi:/rivista:Lecture notes in computer science/anno:1999/pagina_da:188/pagina_a:209/intervallo_pagine:188–209/vo

Problemi dell'autoinganno e "soluzioni" della psicologia cognitiva

Miceli Maria

Source: Sistemi intelligenti (Testo stamp.) 11 (1999): 405–421., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Miceli Maria/titolo:Problemi dell'autoinganno e "soluzioni" della psicologia cognitiva/doi:/rivista:Sistemi intelligenti (Testo stamp.)/anno:1999/pagina_da:405/pagina_a:421/intervallo_pagine:405–421/volume:11

The challenge of trust, the autonomous agents'98 workshop on deception, fraud and trust in agent societies

Falcone, R, Firozabadi, BS

Source: Knowledge engineering review (Print) 14 (1999): 81–89. doi:10.1017/S0269888999134039, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Falcone, R; Firozabadi, BS/titolo:The challenge of trust, the autonomous agents'98 workshop on deception, fraud and trust in agent societies/doi:10.1017/S0269888999134039/rivista:Knowledge engineering review (Print)/anno:1999/pa

Verso una nuova teoria dell'affidabilità tra uomini e macchine

Castelfranchi, C., Falcone, R.

Source: Ricerca e Futuro 12 (1999): 56–58., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Castelfranchi, C., Falcone, R./titolo:Verso una nuova teoria dell'affidabilità tra uomini e macchine/doi:/rivista:Ricerca e Futuro/anno:1999/pagina_da:56/pagina_a:58/intervallo_pagine:56–58/volume:12

1998

Personality traits and social attitudes in Multi-Agent Cooperation

Castelfranchi C., de Rosis F., Falcone R., Pizzutilo S.

Source: Applied artificial intelligence 12 (1998): 649–676., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Castelfranchi C., de Rosis F., Falcone R., Pizzutilo S./titolo:Personality traits and social attitudes in Multi-Agent Cooperation/doi:/rivista:Applied artificial intelligence/anno:1998/pagina_da:649/pagina_a:676/intervallo_pagi

Libro o curatela

2000

La autoestima

Miceli Maria

Source: Madrid: Acento Editorial, 2000

Contributo in atti di convegno

2000

Does control reduce or increase trust? A complex relationship

Castelfranchi C., Falcone R.

Source: Workshop on "Deception, Fraud and Trust in Agent Societies" at Autonomous Agents 2000, pp. 49–60, Barcelona, Spain, June 4

Trust is much more than subjective probability: Mental components and sources of trust

Castelfranchi C., Falcone R.

Source: 33nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Mini-Track on Software Agents, pp. 1–10, Maui, Hawaii, January 5-8

Additional info

Coordinatore

Associate Researcher

Researcher

2000

Il paradigma ad agenti: l'IA torna alle sue sfide originarie (e al successo)

Levels of delegation and levels of adoption as the basis for adjustable autonomy

Trust and control: A dialectic link

1999

Agents and Norms: How to fill the gap?

Basic Mental Attitudes of a Collaborating Agent: Cognitive Primitives for MAS

Problemi dell'autoinganno e "soluzioni" della psicologia cognitiva

The challenge of trust, the autonomous agents'98 workshop on deception, fraud and trust in agent societies

Verso una nuova teoria dell'affidabilità tra uomini e macchine

1998

Personality traits and social attitudes in Multi-Agent Cooperation

2000

La autoestima

2000

Does control reduce or increase trust? A complex relationship

Trust is much more than subjective probability: Mental components and sources of trust

1999

Founding Agents Adjustable Autonomy on Delegation Theory

Levels of Delegation and Levels of Help for Agents with Adjustable Autonomy

The Dynamics of Trust: from Beliefs to Action