Transitivity in Trust. A Discussed Property.
Rino Falcone, Cristiano Castelfranchi · 2010
Abstract—Transitivity in trust is very often considered as a quite simple property, trivially inferable from the classical transitivity defined in mathematics, logic, or grammar. In fact the complexity of the trust notion suggests evaluating the relationships with the transitivity in a more adequate way. In this paper, starting from a socio-cognitive model of trust, we analyze the different aspects and conceptual frameworks involved in this relation and show how different interpretations of these concepts produce different solutions and definitions of trust transitivity. Keywords-component; Trust, Transitivity, Degree of Trust, Task definition