An Efficient Dynamic Trust Evaluation Model for Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 3

Comparison of state-of-the-art trust model.

Trust model	RFSN [18]	GTMS [20]	NBBTE [29]	BTMS [24]	DTEM (ours)
Estimation method	Probabilistic	Weight	Fuzzy logic	Probabilistic	Probabilistic
Direct trust module	Transmission factors; data factors	Transmission factors	Received packets rate; successfully sending packets rate and so on	Transmission factors	Transmission factors; data factors; energy factors
Indirect trust module	Recommendation nodes	Recommendation nodes	Recommendation nodes	Trusted recommendation nodes	Trusted recommendation nodes
Integrated trust module	Probability	Weighted	D-S evidence	Self-confidence factor	Dynamic weighting function
Trust update module	Aging	×	×	Sliding window	Adjustable sliding window
Black hole attack	√	√	√	√	√
Attack on information	×	√	×	×	√
On-off attack	×	×	√	√	√