Quorums are a basic construct in solving many fundamental distributed computing problems. One of the known ways of making quorums scalable and efficient is by weakening their int...
Most of current peer-to-peer designs build their own system overlays independent of the physical one. Nodes within unstructured systems form a random overlay, on the contrary, str...
Abstract. We propose a dynamic process for network evolution, aiming at explaining the emergence of the small world phenomenon, i.e., the statistical observation that any pair of i...
Augustin Chaintreau, Pierre Fraigniaud, Emmanuelle...
A new generation of distributed systems and applications rely on the cooperation of diverse user populations motivated by self-interest. While they can utilize “reputation syste...
Gayatri Swamynathan, Ben Y. Zhao, Kevin C. Almerot...
Abstract— Wireless sensor networks are useful for monitoring physical parameters and detecting objects or substances in an area. Most ongoing research consider the use of either ...