?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2122%2F&rft.title=Exploiting+reputation+in+distributed+virtual+environments&rft.creator=Quattrociocchi%2C+Walter&rft.creator=Conte%2C+Rosaria&rft.subject=QA75+Electronic+computers.+Computer+science&rft.description=The+cognitive+research+on+reputation+has+shown+several+interesting+properties+that+can+improve+both+the+quality+of+services+and+the+security+in+distributed+electronic+environments.+In+this+paper%2C+the+impact+of+reputation+on+decision-making+under+scarcity+of+information+will+be+shown.+First%2C+a+cognitive+theory+of+reputation+will+be+presented%2C+then+a+selection+of+simulation+experimental+results+from+different+studies+will+be+discussed.+Such+results+concern+the+benefits+of+reputation+when+agents+need+to+find+out+good+sellers+in+a+virtual+market-place+under+uncertainty+and+informational+cheating.+&rft.publisher=ArXiv&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Quattrociocchi%2C+Walter+and+Conte%2C+Rosaria++Exploiting+reputation+in+distributed+virtual+environments.++Working+Paper++%23+%2F2011++++ArXiv+++++++(Submitted)+++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F1106.5111