Characterization and modeling of uncertainty intended for a secured MANET

摘要

Mobile ad-hoc network is a chaos for decades due to its dynamic and heuristic base. It employs several forms of uncertainty such as vagueness and imprecision. Vagueness can be taken in terms of linguistic assumptions such as grading and classification for the acceptance. Imprecision on the other hand can be associated with countable or noncountable assumptions such as the weights of acceptance calculated by the members of the MANET. This paper presents ?Certainty Intended Model (CIM)? for a secured MANET by introducing one or more expert nodes together with the inclusion of various theories (such as monotone measure, belief, plausibility, evidence). These theories can be used for the characterization and modeling various forms of uncertainty. Further, these characterizations help in quantifying the uncertainty spectrum because, as much information about the problem is available we can transform from one theory to another. In this work we have shown how these theories and expert opinion helps to identify the setback associated with the MANET in respect of trust management and finally, enhances the security, reliability and performance of the MANET.