In this paper, we develop simple models to study the performance of BitTorrent, a second generation peer-to-peer (P2P) application. We first present a simple fluid model and stu...
The paper describes a design of a peer-to-peer system which is being developed currently to support file and service (help, advise) sharing in research groups and groups of learner...
Existing organisational centred multi-agent systems regulate agents' activities. However, population/environmental changes may lead to a poor fullment of system's goals,...
This paper reports on transfer rate models for the Gnutella signaling protocol. New results on message-level and IP-level rates are presented. The models are based on traffic capt...
Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) share some key characteristics: selforganization and decentralization, and both need to solve the same fundamental p...