Distributed, Automatic File Description Tuning in Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Systems

Dongmei Jia, Wai Gen Yee, Linh Thai Nguyen, Ophir Frieder
2007 Seventh IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P 2007)  
Peers in peer-to-peer file-sharing systems cannot effectively share their files if they are poorly described. Terms one user employs to describe an instance of a file may not be those that are commonly associated with the file, making this instance difficult to locate. To alleviate this problem, a server can ask its peers for help in improving the description of files they have in common. We consider the design of a fully distributed, automatic system for the exchange of descriptive metadata.
more » ... perimental results show that the proposed techniques are effective in improving search accuracy with reasonable cost.
doi:10.1109/p2p.2007.4343477 fatcat:kkqtxojmvjbajojnxefuuqu5vu