Random walks in peer-to-peer networks: A
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Christos Gkantsidis; Milena Mihail; Amin Saberi
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Article
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2006
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We quantify the effectiveness of random walks for searching and construction of unstructured peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. We have identified two cases where the use of random walks for searching achieves better results than flooding: (a) when the overlay topology is clustered, and (b) when a client