Title :
A game theoretic framework for incentives in P2P systems
Author :
Buragohain, Chiranjeeb ; Agrawal, Divyakant ; Suri, Subhash
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are self-organizing, distributed systems, with no centralized authority or infrastructure. Because of the voluntary participation, the availability of resources in a P2P system can be highly variable and unpredictable. We use ideas from game theory to study the interaction of strategic and rational peers, and propose a differential service-based incentive scheme to improve the system´s performance.
Keywords :
computer networks; game theory; resource allocation; P2P; differential service-based incentive scheme; distributed systems; game theory; peer-to-peer network; resource availability; Availability; Centralized control; Computer science; Control systems; Distributed computing; Economic forecasting; Game theory; Incentive schemes; Intelligent networks; Peer to peer computing;
Conference_Titel :
Peer-to-Peer Computing, 2003. (P2P 2003). Proceedings. Third International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2023-5
DOI :
10.1109/PTP.2003.1231503
