Bootstrapping the Long Tail in Peer to Peer Systems
Networking and Internet Architecture
2007-05-23 v1 Computers and Society
Physics and Society
Abstract
We describe an efficient incentive mechanism for P2P systems that generates a wide diversity of content offerings while responding adaptively to customer demand. Files are served and paid for through a parimutuel market similar to that commonly used for betting in horse races. An analysis of the performance of such a system shows that there exists an equilibrium with a long tail in the distribution of content offerings, which guarantees the real time provision of any content regardless of its popularity.
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@article{arxiv.cs/0512033,
title = {Bootstrapping the Long Tail in Peer to Peer Systems},
author = {Bernardo A. Huberman and Fang Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0512033},
year = {2007}
}