| Choose Your Tribe! - Evolution at the
Next Level in a Peer-to-Peer network |
| Hales, D. |
| May 2005 |
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ncstrl.cabernet//BOLOGNA#UBLCS-2005-13 |
 13 pages |
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| Abstract: Many peer-to-peer (P2P)
applications benefit from node specialisation. For example, the use
of supernodes, the semantic clustering of media files or the
distribution of different computing tasks among nodes. We describe
simulation experiments with a simple selfish re-wiring protocol
(SLAC) that can spontaneously self-organise networks into
internally specialized groups (or ``tribes''). Peers within the
tribes altruistically pool their specialisms, sharing tasks and
working altruistically as a team -- or ``tribe''. This approach is
scalable, robust and self-organising. These results have
implications and applications in many disciplines and areas beyond
P2P systems. |
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| Copyright: Department of Computer
Science, University of Bologna, Italy. All rights reserved. |
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