The trusting peer in order to determine the likelihood of the loss in its resources might analyze the Risk before engaging in an interaction with any trusted peer. This likelihood of the loss in the resources is termed as Risk in the interaction. Risk analysis is important in e-commerce...

As there is a lack of central management in an ecommerce interaction carried out based on peer-to-peer architecture, it is obvious for the trusting peer to analyze the Risk beforehand that could be involved in dealing with a trusted peer in these types of interactions. Another characteristic of...

In a peer-to-peer financial transaction there is a possibility of the trusted peer engaging in an untrustworthy manner and in a negative behaviour on the buyer's expense resulting in the loss of the buyer's resources. This possibility of the loss in the buyer's resources is termed as Risk. Hence...