Information Security Policy Compliance: Leadership and Trust

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of trust variables (trust: competence, trust: benevolence, trust: integrity) on leadership regarding the organization’s information security policy (ISP) compliance. An instrument with four constructs was used to collect data from 474 non-management subjects from various organizations in the USA. Collected data were analyzed through multiple regression procedure. Results revealed that all trust variables (trust: competence, trust: benevolence, trust: integrity) were influential in predicting the leadership regarding the organization’s ISP compliance. The findings are discussed and implications for practice are outlined. Conclusion, limitations, and recommendations for future research are drawn.     

融合信任和基于概率矩阵分解的推荐算法

针对推荐精度不准确、数据稀疏、恶意推荐的问题，提出融合信任基于概率矩阵分解（PMF）的新推荐模型。首先，通过建立基于信任的协同过滤模型（CFMTS）将改进的信任机制融入到协同过滤推荐算法中。信任值通过全局信任及局部信任计算获得，其中局部信任利用了信任传播机制计算用户的直接信任值和间接信任值得到，全局信任采用信任有向图的方式计算得到。然后，将信任值与评分相似度融合以解决数据稀疏、恶意推荐的问题。同时，将CFMTS融入到PMF模型中以建立新的推荐模型——融合信任基于概率矩阵分解模型（MPMFFT），通过梯度下降算法对用户特征向量和项目特征向量进行计算以产生预测评分值，进一步提高推荐系统的精准度。通过实验将提出的MPMFFT与经典的PMF、社交信息的矩阵分解（SocialMF）、社交信息的推荐（SoRec）、加权社交信息的推荐（RSTE）等模型进行了结果的对比和分析，在公开的真实数据集Epinions上MPMFFT的平均绝对误差（MAE）和均方根误差（RMSE）比最优的RSTE模型分别降低2.9%和1.5%，同时在公开的真实数据集Ciao上MPMFFT的MAE和RMSE比最优的SocialMF模型分别降低1.1%和1.8%，结果证实了模型能在一定程度上解决数据稀疏、恶意推荐问题，有效提高推荐质量。     

Factors that determine residents’ acceptance of smart city technologies

ABSTRACT

While some cities attempt to determine their residents’ demand for smart-city technologies, others simply move forward with smart-related strategies and projects. This study is among the first to empirically determine which factors most affect residents’ and public servants’ intention to use smart-city services. A Smart Cities Stakeholders Adoption Model (SSA), based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2), is developed and tested on a mid-size U.S. city as a case study. A questionnaire was administered in order to determine the influence of seven factors – effort expectancy, self-efficacy, perceived privacy, perceived security, trust in technology, price value and trust in government – on behaviour intention, specifically the decision to adopt smart-city technologies. Results show that each of these factors significantly influenced citizen intention to use smart-city services. They also reveal perceived security and perceived privacy to be strong determinants of trust in technology, and price value a determinant of trust in government. In turn, both types of trust are shown to increase user intention to both adopt and use smart-city services. These findings offer city officials an approach to gauging residential intention to use smart-city services, as well as identify those factors critical to developing a successful smart-city strategy.     

基于信任链的骚扰电话预判技术研究

当前,骚扰电话乱象屡禁不止,严重影响了人民群众的正常生活,甚至威胁到个人财产安全,因此简单有效地识别骚扰电话技术成为亟待解决的问题。区别于现有的对电话号码进行黑白名单标记、大数据分析等识别方法,提出基于信任链的骚扰电话预判技术,从可信度量的角度计算来电号码的可靠程度,并针对高危受害群体的典型应用场景进行分析,通过对骚扰电话的预判,降低其受到电话骚扰甚至电话诈骗的可能性。     

政府和社会资本间信任对PPP项目绩效的影响——合作行为的中介作用

为解释以往关于信任对项目绩效正向或负向影响的研究分歧，以 PPP 项目为背景，构建以信任（能力信任和善意信任）为自变量、项目绩效为因变量、合作行为（角色内行为和角色外行为）作为中介变量的理论模型。通过结构方程模型分析 286 份有效问卷，结果表明:能力信任和善意信任对 PPP 项目绩效起正向促进作用，角色内行为和角色外行为对 PPP项目绩效起正向促进作用。同时，角色内行为和角色外行为在能力信任、善意信任与 PPP 项目绩效间均发挥部分中介作用。研究结果有助于深入理解中国 PPP 情境下不同维度信任对项目绩效的影响，也为 PPP 项目实践中面临的绩效低下问题提供了管理建议。     

Consumer confidence in the safety of milk and infant milk formula in China

A series of food safety incidents related to domestically produced dairy in China harmed consumer confidence and caused a dramatic decrease in dairy consumption from 2008 to 2010. Compared with previous studies that mainly assessed consumer confidence in food or dairy in general, this study focused on 2 specific dairy products, milk and infant milk formula (IMF). Based on data from 934 Chinese consumers, confidence in the safety of milk and IMF was measured by using a multi-item scale with 2 dimensions—optimism and pessimism. We found that Chinese consumers were optimistic about the safety of milk and IMF but, at the same time, were concerned about the risks related to milk and IMF. Chinese consumers have less confidence in IMF than in milk. Structural equation modeling indicated that consumer trust in manufacturers and third parties in the dairy supply chain and confidence in other foods, such as meat and fish, can foster consumer confidence in the safety of milk and IMF, while the extent of recall of the melamine infant formula incident in 2008 and trait worry exert negative effects. In addition, consumers with more children or less family income are likely to be more confident in domestically produced IMF. These insights into consumer confidence and its determinants can assist dairy supply chains and regulatory institutions in formulating effective risk communication strategies to strengthen consumer confidence.     

基于Agent的信任的情感劝说决策模型

基于智能体(Agent)的信任的情感劝说能更好地发挥Agent的各项人工智能优势。针对其中决策模型建立不够的现状,首先基于Agent的自身性格、情感衰减及外界刺激,运用大五性格、OCC情感模型及情感强度第一定律等,构建了相应的情感强度算法;其次考虑交易质量对信任的反馈,综合运用语言评价法、三角模糊数及将模糊数转换为具体分数(CFCS)算法,对Agent的交易质量进行模糊化和去模糊化处理,构建了相应的交易质量算法;再次对已有的信任更新因子进行改进后,构建了Agent的信任更新算法;最后在构建以上算法的基础上,采用交互式多准则决策(TODIM)法建立了基于Agent的信任的情感劝说决策模型,并采用熵权法对模型中的属性权重进行设定。为验证以上研究的合理性和有效性,设计了相应算例进行阐述,分析了不同参数取不同值得到的决策结果,并与相关研究进行了比较分析,得出了相应结论和管理启示,进一步归纳了不足之处和未来研究方向。     

信任模型在雾霾感知源评价中的应用

雾霾监测点作为雾霾数据感知的源头,由于缺乏有效的评价方法,导致感知的数据不可靠。针对此问题,提出一种感知源信任评价和筛选模型,该模型采用数据触发检测方式来进行。当感知源的数据到达时,首先采用K-Means聚类算法和统计结果计算感知源基准数据,根据当前感知数据、基准数据和所设定的门限值计算得到感知源的数据信任度;然后根据感知源所处地理位置确定邻居关系,将感知源当前所感知的数据和各个邻居所感知的数据进行比较,根据差值的绝对值和门限值的大小关系计算得到邻居推荐信任度;最后使用感知源的数据信任度、历史信任度和邻居推荐信任度三种信任度计算得到最终的综合信任度。其中历史信任度初始为所监测的指标数,而后使用综合信任度进行更新。从理论分析和仿真结果看,该方法可有效对感知源进行客观的评价,同时能够规避异常感知源的数据,降低后期处理开销。     

Swift trust formation in multi-national disaster project management teams

In recent years there has been growing interest in how project management theory can both inform and be informed by disaster response and recovery projects. Addressing the lack of empirical research into how trust forms within such projects, this exploratory study mobilises swift trust theory to investigate the process of trust formation within a multinational disaster project management team formed in response to tropical cyclone Winston in Fiji in 2016. In-depth content analysis of qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with disaster management team members, non-participant observation of the disaster project management teams during the disaster response and analysis of disaster management documentation appear to support the predictions of swift trust theory in relation to the importance of reputation, role and interdependence in building swift trust. However, theoretical predictions around the importance of categorical assumptions, confirmation of assumptions and the leadership role of the contractor did not appear to be supported by our data. It is concluded that while swift trust theory can potentially provide valuable practical and theoretical insights into trust formation in multinational disaster project management teams, it may need to be adapted to more accurately model trust formation in a disaster project management context.     

基于信赖域算法的板梁桥横向连接刚度的参数识别

文结合有限元模型修正技术，通过ANSYS有限元程序进行桥梁结构的有限元建模，引入信赖域算法调整参数，实现了对空心板桥铰缝横向连接刚度的参数识别，数值算例表明该方法能正确、有效地进行桥梁结构的有限元模型的参数识别，并有一定的抗噪声能力。