Welcome to the Reputations Research Network
What are Reputation Systems?
A reputation system gives people information about others' past performance. It can enhance an on-line interaction environment by:
- helping people decide who to trust
- encouraging people to be more trustworthy
- discouraging those who are not trustworthy from participating
What is this site about?
This site is for researchers who are studying how reputation systems should work in theory, how they actually work in practice, and how they could work better. You can find out about people, papers, and practical systems. And you can contribute pointers to useful information.
This site is made possible with support from NSF grant number 9977999 from the CISE program on Computation and Social Systems.