A Malicious Node Detection Strategy Based on Fuzzy Trust Model and the ABC Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Network
Baohe Pang, Zhijun Teng, Huiyang Sun, Chunqiu Du, Meng Li, Weihua Zhu
Abstract
Wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes owing to their openness, are susceptible to several threats, one of which is dishonest recommendation attacks providing false trust values that favor the attacker. In this letter, a malicious node detection strategy is proposed based on a fuzzy trust model and artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC) (FTM-ABC). The fuzzy trust model (FTM) is introduced to calculate the indirect trust, and the ABC algorithm is applied to optimize the trust model for detecting dishonest recommendation attacks. Besides, fitness function includes recommended deviation and interaction index deviation to enhance the effectiveness. Simulation results reveal the improved FTM-ABC maintains a high recognition rate and a low false-positive rate, even if the number of dishonest nodes reaches 50%.