Research Article

Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis of Trust Relationship between Enterprises in a Cloud Manufacturing Environment: A Service Composition Perspective

Table 2

Perceived benefits matrix of the evolutionary game between the service demander, service provider, and platform supervisor.

Platform supervisor strategySupervision (z)Nonsupervision (1 − z)
Service demander strategyTrust (x)Distrust (1 − x)Trust (x)Distrust (1 − x)

Service provider strategyTrustworthy (y)G1 + aαR3 + R2 − C10G1 + aαR3 + R2 − C10
G2 + (1 − a)R3 − R2 − C2C2G2 + (1 − a)R3 − R2 − C2C2
R1 − CCbR10
Untrustworthy (1 − y)qαR4 + R2 − C4 − K − WC4qαR4 + R2 − C4 − KC4
K + G2 − R2 − C2 − qC3C2K + G2 − R2 − C2 − qC3C2
R1 − C − C5CbR1 − C50

1The first to third rows in the revenue perception matrix are provider, demander, and platform revenue, respectively. It should be noted that no transaction will occur when the demander chooses not to trust, but some participants have also paid the cost, so it must be included.