Gifting technologies: A BitTorrent case study

First Monday

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Ripeanu, Matei ^a   Mowbray, Miranda ^b   Andrade, Nazareno ^c   Lima, Allando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

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EID: 33845229875     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v11i11.1412     Document Type: Article

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