Title
The state of peer-to-peer network simulators
Abstract
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2501654.2501660
ACM Comput. Surv.
Keywords
Field
DocType
closed-source simulator,last survey,networking research,p2p research community,combined total,large quantity,existing work,new idea,p2p simulator,important requirement,peer-to-peer network simulator,p2p
Data science,Bespoke,Data mining,Peer-to-peer,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Replicate
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
45
4
0360-0300
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.52
85
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
anirban basu113812.81
Simon Fleming2100.52
James Stanier3285.82
Stephen Naicken4875.87
Ian Wakeman5436129.40
Vijay K. Gurbani627834.36