A fuzzy reasoning scheme for context sharing decision making

In context aware mobile applications users' sensitive information will be available to be collected by a large number of service providers, which might threaten users privacy. In this paper, we propose the use of fuzzy logic in helping automating consent decisions done by end users. The proposed fuzzy approach has been implemented based on Mamdani fuzzy inference systems, and has been integrated in one of the services provided by a real time UMTS mobile platform known as MIES at the university campus with real users. Results obtained give the indication of possibilities of adopting this approach in practical applications.

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