Abstract
For Peer-2-Peer (P2P) networks to realize their full potential the nodes they are composed of need to coordinate and cooperate, to improve the performance of the network as a whole. This requires the suppression of selfish behavior (free-riding). Existing P2P systems often assume that nodes will behave altruistically, but this has been shown to be far from the case. We outline encouraging initial results from a P2P simulation that translates and applies the properties of “tag” models (initially developed within social simulations) [8, 9] to tackle these issues. We find that a simple node rewiring policy, based on the tag dynamics, quickly eliminates free-riding without centralized control. The process appears highly scalable and robust.
This work partially supported by the EU within the 6th Framework Programme under contract 001907 (DELIS).
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Hales, D. (2005). Self-Organising, Open and Cooperative P2P Societies – From Tags to Networks. In: Brueckner, S.A., Di Marzo Serugendo, G., Karageorgos, A., Nagpal, R. (eds) Engineering Self-Organising Systems. ESOA 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3464. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11494676_8
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