Evolutionary dynamics of trust computation in ad hoc networks

Induced by computation of more general networks, such as social networks, trust has been shown to have fundamental effects on the dynamics of evolutionary games. These effects have, however, proved to be sensitive to the details of the dynamics. Inspired this, we derive the dynamics governing the evolution of such a system, ad hoc network, starting from fundamental individual level. We show that how computation is modeled in game theory and how the ideas of evolutionary game theory apply to a specific trust game. Applying the evolutionary framework, we investigate how a reputation mechanism to promote trustworthiness. Simulation result concerning the dynamics of trust evolutionary computation in networking lead to the emergence of a trust scenario.