Equilibrium in a P2P system
Vladimir V. Mazalov (Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Science, Russia),Andrey A. Pechnikov (Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Science, Russia),
Igor A. Falco (Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Science, Russia)
We consider P2P-system with two kinds of users: "sponsors" and "free-riders". Sponsors give information in random manner with known distribution and free-riders have to maximize incomes trying to guess sponsor's behavior. Equilibrium is found in such a system.