The Social Side of Internet of Things: Introducing Trust-Augmented Social Strengths for IoT Service Composition

The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) systems with social networking concepts has opened new business and social opportunities, particularly by allowing smart objects to autonomously establish social relationships with each other and exchange information. However, these relations must be prope...

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Main Authors: Jooik Jung, Ihnsik Weon
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-08-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/15/4794
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description The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) systems with social networking concepts has opened new business and social opportunities, particularly by allowing smart objects to autonomously establish social relationships with each other and exchange information. However, these relations must be properly quantified and integrated with trust in order to proliferate the provisioning of IoT composite services. Therefore, this proposed work focuses on quantitatively computing social strength and trust among smart objects in IoT for the purpose of aiding efficient service composition with reasonable accuracy. In particular, we propose a trust-augmented social strength (TASS) management protocol that can cope with the heterogeneity of IoT and demonstrate high scalability and resiliency against various malicious attacks. Afterward, we show how the TASS measurements can be applied to service planning in IoT service composition. Based on the experimental results, we conclude that the proposed protocol is, in fact, capable of exhibiting the above-mentioned characteristics in real-world settings.
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spelling doaj-art-d3a318a32e394febaa77e1536019f6e42025-08-20T03:36:30ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-08-012515479410.3390/s25154794The Social Side of Internet of Things: Introducing Trust-Augmented Social Strengths for IoT Service CompositionJooik Jung0Ihnsik Weon1Airport Industrial Technology Research Institute, Incheon International Airport Corp, Incheon Jung-gu Airport Rd. 424-47, Incheon 22382, Republic of KoreaThe Flexible Manufacturing R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Incheon 21999, Republic of KoreaThe integration of Internet of Things (IoT) systems with social networking concepts has opened new business and social opportunities, particularly by allowing smart objects to autonomously establish social relationships with each other and exchange information. However, these relations must be properly quantified and integrated with trust in order to proliferate the provisioning of IoT composite services. Therefore, this proposed work focuses on quantitatively computing social strength and trust among smart objects in IoT for the purpose of aiding efficient service composition with reasonable accuracy. In particular, we propose a trust-augmented social strength (TASS) management protocol that can cope with the heterogeneity of IoT and demonstrate high scalability and resiliency against various malicious attacks. Afterward, we show how the TASS measurements can be applied to service planning in IoT service composition. Based on the experimental results, we conclude that the proposed protocol is, in fact, capable of exhibiting the above-mentioned characteristics in real-world settings.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/15/4794Internet of Things (IoT)service compositionsocial internet of things (SIoT)social strengthtrustremote sensing
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The Social Side of Internet of Things: Introducing Trust-Augmented Social Strengths for IoT Service Composition
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Internet of Things (IoT)
service composition
social internet of things (SIoT)
social strength
trust
remote sensing
title The Social Side of Internet of Things: Introducing Trust-Augmented Social Strengths for IoT Service Composition
title_full The Social Side of Internet of Things: Introducing Trust-Augmented Social Strengths for IoT Service Composition
title_fullStr The Social Side of Internet of Things: Introducing Trust-Augmented Social Strengths for IoT Service Composition
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title_short The Social Side of Internet of Things: Introducing Trust-Augmented Social Strengths for IoT Service Composition
title_sort social side of internet of things introducing trust augmented social strengths for iot service composition
topic Internet of Things (IoT)
service composition
social internet of things (SIoT)
social strength
trust
remote sensing
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/15/4794
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