MARCOZZI, ANDREA; HALES, DAVID - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 11 (2008) 04, pp. 581-595
Many peer-to-peer (P2P) applications require that nodes behave altruistically in order to perform tasks collectively. Here we examine a class of simple protocols that aim to self-organize P2P networks into clusters of altruistic nodes that help each other to complete jobs requiring diverse...