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Table 2 Simulation framework variables

From: A trust-based framework for vehicular travel with non-binary reports and its validation via an extensive simulation testbed

Parameter name

Description

Representation

Default value

Honest agents

Percent of honest agents.

Hon # (0.5 is 50% honesty)

0.5

Number of agents

Number of agents and cars simulated in the tests.

Agent # (100 is 100 agents)

100

Message interval

Interval between congestion request messages sent by the agents.

MsgI #-# (6–15 is 6–15 second message intervals)

6-15

Profiling

Use of profiling.

No P indicates no use of profiling (False)

True (Basic, Full)

Role

Use of role based trust.

Role # (0.2 is 20% agents are given a role aboveOrdinary)

0(Basic) 0.2(Full)

Time closeness

Use of time closeness factor.

Time

False(Basic) True(Full)

Location closeness

Use of location closeness factor.

Loc

False(Basic) True(Full)

Indirect messages

Use of indirect messages.

Indirect

False(Basic) True(Full)

Information sparsity

Percent of agent trust updates ignored to simulate data sparsity.

MThresh # (0.6 means 60% of trust updates are ignored)

0

Dishonest Lie Percent

Percent of the time a dishonest agent lies.

Lie # (0.8 is 80% of the time dishonest agents lie)

1