<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>BitTorrent splits the files that are shared on a P2P network into fragments and then spreads these by giving the highest priority to the rarest fragment. We propose a mathematical model that takes into account several factors such as the peer distance, communication delays, and file fragment availability in a future period also by using a neural network module designed to model the behaviour of the peers. The ensemble comprising the proposed mathematical model and a neural network provides a solution for choosing the file fragments that have to be spread first, in order to ensure their continuous availability, taking into account that some peers will disconnect.</p></abstract>

BitTorrent splits the files that are shared on a P2P network into fragments and then spreads these by giving the highest priority to the rarest fragment. We propose a mathematical model that takes into account several factors such as the peer distance, communication delays, and file fragment availability in a future period also by using a neural network module designed to model the behaviour of the peers. The ensemble comprising the proposed mathematical model and a neural network provides a solution for choosing the file fragments that have to be spread first, in order to ensure their continuous availability, taking into account that some peers will disconnect.

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Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95126, Catania, Italy

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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A mathematical model for file fragment diffusion and a neural predictor to manage priority queues over BT

BitTorrent splits the files that are shared on a P2P network into fragments and then spreads these by giving the highest priority to the rarest fragment. We...

A mathematical model for file fragment diffusion and a neural predictor to manage priority queues over BitTorrent

Published Online: Mar 31, 2016

Page range: 147 - 160

Received: Jan 20, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amcs-2016-0010

Keywords
P2P model, neural network, wavelet, diffusion, file sharing

© 2016 Christian Napoli et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A mathematical model for file fragment diffusion and a neural predictor to manage priority queues over BitTorrent

Published Online: Mar 31, 2016

Page range: 147 - 160

Received: Jan 20, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amcs-2016-0010

KeywordsP2P model, neural network, wavelet, diffusion, file sharing

© 2016 Christian Napoli et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
P2P model, neural network, wavelet, diffusion, file sharing