Title
A maximum independent set approach for collusion detection in voting pools
Abstract
From agreement problems to replicated software execution, we frequently find scenarios with voting pools. Unfortunately, Byzantine adversaries can join and collude to distort the results of an election. We address the problem of detecting these colluders, in scenarios where they repeatedly participate in voting decisions. We investigate different malicious strategies, such as naïve or colluding attacks, with fixed identifiers or in whitewashing attacks. Using a graph-theoretic approach, we frame collusion detection as a problem of identifying maximum independent sets. We then propose several new graph-based methods and show, via analysis and simulations, their effectiveness and practical applicability for collusion detection.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.jpdc.2011.06.004
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Collusion detection,Maximum independent set,Volunteer computing
Graph,Software execution,Voting,Identifier,Computer security,Computer science,Independent set,Volunteer computing,Collusion,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
71
10
0743-7315
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.58
32
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Filipe Araujo121424.63
Jorge Farinha2100.58
Domingues, P.318017.68
Gheorghe Cosmin Silaghi414716.99
Derrick Kondo5154182.99