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The state of peer-to-peer network simulators
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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:35 authored by Anirban Basu, Simon Fleming, James Stanier, Stephen Naicken, Ian WakemanIan Wakeman, Vijay GurbaniNetworking research often relies on simulation in order to test and evaluate new ideas. An important requirement of this process is that results must be reproducible so that other researchers can replicate, validate and extend existing work. We look at the landscape of simulators for research in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks by conducting a survey of a combined total of over 280 papers from before and after 2007 (the year of the last survey in this area), and comment on the large quantity of research using bespoke, closed-source simulators. We propose a set of criteria that P2P simulators should meet, and poll the P2P research community for their agreement. We aim to drive the community towards performing their experiments on simulators that allow for others to validate their results.
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ACM Computing SurveysISSN
0360-0300Publisher
Association for Computing MachineryExternal DOI
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4Volume
45Page range
46:1-46:25Department affiliated with
- Informatics Publications
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2013-03-14First Open Access (FOA) Date
2013-03-14First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2012-11-08Usage metrics
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