Diffusion models for peer-to-peer (P2P) media distribution: On the impact of decentralized, constrained supply

Information Systems Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-287

  Hosanagar, Kartik ^a   Han, Peng ^b   Tan, Yong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed systems; Free riding; Mixing model of diffusion; P2P; Peer to peer file diffusion; Supply constrained diffusion

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MIXING;

DEMAND FULFILLMENTS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; FREE RIDING; MEDIA DISTRIBUTION; MIXING MODELS; PEER-TO-PEER FILES; PRODUCT DIFFUSION; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

EID: 77957353048     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1080.0221     Document Type: Article

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