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Confidentiality and Integrity in Crowdsourcing Systems

  • Discusses management in crowdsourcing systems
  • Covers access control implementations in crowdsourcing systems
  • Presents trust model for web-based social networks
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
  2. Introduction

    • Amin Ranj Bar, Muthucumaru Maheswaran
    Pages 1-4
  3. Crowdsourcing Information Systems

    • Amin Ranj Bar, Muthucumaru Maheswaran
    Pages 5-9
  4. Online Identities

    • Amin Ranj Bar, Muthucumaru Maheswaran
    Pages 11-24
  5. Confidentiality Control

    • Amin Ranj Bar, Muthucumaru Maheswaran
    Pages 25-37
  6. Integrity Management

    • Amin Ranj Bar, Muthucumaru Maheswaran
    Pages 39-57
  7. Case Study: Integrity of Wikipedia Articles

    • Amin Ranj Bar, Muthucumaru Maheswaran
    Pages 59-66
  8. Concluding Remarks

    • Amin Ranj Bar, Muthucumaru Maheswaran
    Pages 67-68
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 69-77

About this book

Confidentiality and Integrity in Crowdsourcing Systems focuses on identity, privacy, and security related issues in crowdsourcing systems and in particular the confidentiality and integrity of online data created via crowdsourcing. This book begins with an introduction to crowdsourcing and then covers the privacy and security challenges of Confidentiality. The book examines integrity in these systems and the management and control of crowdsourcing systems.

Authors and Affiliations

  • McGill University, St-Lambert, Canada

    Amin Ranj Bar

  • McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Muthucumaru Maheswaran

About the authors

Amin Ranj Bar is a Research Assistant at Sharif University of Technology, Concordia University and McGill University, Part-time Faculty at Concordia University, and Faculty of Champlain College

Muthucumaru Maheswaran is an Associate Professor at McGill University

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