|
Published Articles >> Table of Contents >> Abstract
Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'04) - Track 7
p. 70199c
The Impact of Free-Riding on Peer-to-Peer Networks
Ramayya Krishnan, Carnegie Mellon University
Michael D. Smith, Carnegie Mellon University
Zhulei Tang, Carnegie Mellon University
Rahul Telang, Carnegie Mellon University
Full Article Text:
 
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.2004.1265472
Send link to a friend
| Abstract |
|
Peer-to-Peer networking is gaining popularity as a architecture for sharing information goods and other computing resources. However, these networks suffer from a high level of free-riding, whereby some users consume network resources without providing any network resources. The high levels of free-riding observed by several recent studies have led some to suggest the imminent collapse of these communities as a viable information sharing mechanism. Our research develops analytic models to analyze the behavior of P2P networks in the presence of free-riding. In contrast to previous predictions, we find that P2P networks can operate effectively in the presence of significant free-riding. However, we also show that without external incentives, the level of free-riding in P2P networks will be higher than socially optimal. Our research also explores the implications of these findings for entrepreneurs, network designers, and copyright holders.
|
 Additional Information
|
Citation:
Ramayya Krishnan, Michael D. Smith, Zhulei Tang, Rahul Telang,
"The Impact of Free-Riding on Peer-to-Peer Networks,"
hicss,
p. 70199c,
Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'04) - Track 7,
2004
|
|
