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Automatic Grid Assembly by Promoting Collaboration in Peer-to-Peer Grids (2005)
| Venue: | JOURNAL OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING |
| Citations: | 17 - 4 self |
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@TECHREPORT{Andrade05automaticgrid,
author = {Nazareno Andrade and Francisco Brasileiro and Walfredo Cirne and Miranda Mowbray},
title = {Automatic Grid Assembly by Promoting Collaboration in Peer-to-Peer Grids},
institution = {JOURNAL OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING},
year = {2005}
}
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Abstract
Currently, most computational grids (systems allowing transparent sharing of processing resources across organizational boundaries) are assembled using human negotiation. This procedure does not scale well, and is too inflexible to allow for large open grids. Peer-to-peer grids present an alternative way to build grid infrastructures with a large number of sites. However, to actually assemble a large grid, peers must have an incentive to collaborate by providing resources to the system. In this paper we propose an incentive mechanism called the Network of Favors, which is designed to make it in the best interest of each participating peer to make as much as possible of its spare processing resources available to the system. We show through analysis, simulations, and experiments with an implementation that the Network of Favors promotes collaboration in a simple and robust fashion. We also describe OurGrid, a peer-to-peer grid based on the Network of Favors that is in production since December 2004.
