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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Krishnan, Ramayya; Smith, Michael D.; Tang, Zhulei |
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Conference:
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37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
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Location:
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Hawaii |
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Conf. Date:
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January 5-8 |
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Date:
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2004 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8019
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Sector:
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Information & Knowledge |
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Subject(s):
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information commons
Internet
free riding
networks
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Abstract:
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"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."
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