A Survey of Trust Management Schemes for Social Internet of Things

Social Internet of Things (SIoT) involves integrating social networking concepts in the Internet of Things (IoT) to enhance social interactions among IoT objects and users. SIoT is envisaged to provide adequate service selection and discovery. Trust is an essential factor whenever social concepts are discussed in communication networks. Trust usually leads to a mutual relationship between two parties (i.e., the trustor and trustee) where they both enjoy mutual benefits. For secure social relationships, Trust management (TM) is a crucial feature of SIoT. The primary aim of this work is to provide a comprehensive review of trust management proposals/schemes available for SIoT. Four main trust calculation algorithms for trust management were selected for this review, and they were examined in detail. The IEEE Xplore, Scopus, ResearchGate, and Google Scholar databases were searched for articles containing the terms "Trust aggregation approaches in IoT", and "Trust computation in SIoT" with a particular emphasis on works published between 2018 and 2021. The paper also discussed the pros and cons of each TM technique, trust metrics/features, contributions, and limitations of the state-of-the-art SIoT TM proposals in the literature. The paper further provides open issues and possible research directions for entry-level researchers in the domain of SIoT.