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Efficient Searching in Peer-to-Peer Networks Using Agent-Enabled Ant Algorithms

Efficient Searching in Peer-to-Peer Networks Using Agent-Enabled Ant Algorithms
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Author(s): P. Dasgupta (University of Nebraska, USA)
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 18
Source title: Handbook of Research on Nature-Inspired Computing for Economics and Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jean-Philippe Rennard (Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-984-7.ch047

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Abstract

In this chapter we describe a mechanism to search for resources in unstructured peer-to- peer (P2P) networks using ant algorithms implemented through software agents. Traditional resource search algorithms in P2P networks use an uninformed or blind search among the various nodes of the network. In contrast, the resource search algorithm described in this chapter performs an informed search using the ant-based heuristic. In our algorithm, ants, implemented as software agents, are created in response to a user’s resource search query. An ant reinforces the route that yields a successful search for directing ants in the future towards nodes with higher probability of locating resources. We describe and compare different reinforcement strategies used by ants to perform efficient resource search in P2P networks.

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