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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 Gurbani
Networking 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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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

ACM Computing Surveys

ISSN

0360-0300

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

Issue

4

Volume

45

Page range

46:1-46:25

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  • Informatics Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-03-14

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2013-03-14

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2012-11-08

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