Most of the existing research in peer-to-peer systems focuses on protocol design and
doesn't consider the rationality of each peer. One phenomenon that should not be ignored is …

Most existing research on peer-to-peer systems focuses on protocol design. In this paper,
we consider the issue of free riding in peer-to-peer referral systems. Free riders are agents …

Abstract Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems suffer from several forms of non-contribution which
depend on possible collaborative operations of a peer. Since peers are usually driven by …

Reward-based incentive mechanisms are used most commonly to promote cooperation in
peer-to-peer (P2P) systems. Specifically, contributing agents are rewarded by the system …

Structured peer-to-peer systems allow to administer large volumes of data. Several peers
collaborate to generate a query result. Analyses of unstructured peer-to-peer systems …

A crucial aspect of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems is that of providing incentives for users to
contribute their resources to the system. Without such incentives, empirical data show that a …

Many peer-to-peer (P2P) systems rely on cooperation among self-interested users. For
example, users of file-sharing systems who do not share their own resources cause long …

The performance of peer-to-peer systems depends on the level of cooperation of the
system's participants. While most existing peer-to-peer architectures have assumed that …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems enable users to share resources in a networked environment
without worrying about issues such as scalability and load balancing. Unlike exchange of …

Abstract Peer-to-peer (p2p) systems support many diverse applications, ranging from file-
sharing and distributed computation to overlay routing in support of anonymity, resiliency …