We study a stochastic network that consists of a set of servers processing multiple classes of jobs. Each class of jobs requires a concurrent occupancy of several servers while be...
Traditional Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks do not provide service differentiation and incentive for users. Consequently, users can easily access information without contributing any ...
Richard T. B. Ma, Sam C. M. Lee, John C. S. Lui, D...
Although Gnutella is the most popular Peer-to-Peer protocol for file sharing, drawbacks are often found in searching and locating files. They include that (1) a limited number of ...
nition of a common model that abstracted the shared knowledge (ontology); a formalism for representing such knowledge (Knowledge Interchange Format, or KIF); and a transport-indepe...
Data sharing on public servers has become a popular service on the Internet, in which users can store and share data with other users through public servers. However, because the ...