Much of the existing work in peer to peer networking assumes that users will follow prescribed protocols without deviation. This assumption ignores the user’s ability to modify ...
We develop a model of the interaction of rational peers in an incentive-free Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network and use game theoretic analysis to derive results about peer and network be...
A significant challenge for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems is maintaining the correctness and consistency of their global data structures and shared contents as peers independently a...
Abstract. Cooperation, a necessity for any peer-to-peer (P2P) cooperative service, is often achieved by rewarding good behavior now with the promise of future benefits. However, in...
As a user attention has become a precious resource, a special care has to be taken to reduce the time needed for answering queries in P2P networks. Existing solutions are usually ...