Resource demand and supply in BitTorrent content-sharing communities

Computer Networks

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-527

  Andrade, Nazareno ^a,b   Santos Neto, Elizeu ^b   Brasileiro, Francisco ^a   Ripeanu, Matei ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BitTorrent; Content distribution; Resource sharing; Workload characterization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARRIVAL RATES; BITTORRENT; CACHING MECHANISMS; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HEAVY-TAILED; HIGH RATES; PEER TO PEERS; POPULARITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESOURCE CONTENTIONS; RESOURCE DEMANDS; RESOURCE SHARING; USER BEHAVIORS; WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPETITION;

EID: 59449103337     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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