Bootstrapping the Long Tail in Peer to Peer Systems
<|reference_start|>Bootstrapping the Long Tail in Peer to Peer Systems: We describe an efficient incentive mechanism for P2P systems that generates a wide diversity of content offerings while responding adaptively to customer demand. Files are served and paid for through a parimutuel market similar to that commonly used for betting in horse races. An analysis of the performance of such a system shows that there exists an equilibrium with a long tail in the distribution of content offerings, which guarantees the real time provision of any content regardless of its popularity.<|reference_end|>
@article{huberman2005bootstrapping,
    title={Bootstrapping the Long Tail in Peer to Peer Systems},
    author={Bernardo A. Huberman and Fang Wu},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0512033},
    year={2005},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={cs/0512033},
    primaryClass={cs.NI cs.CY physics.soc-ph}
}