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What is Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networks

Chapter 34
Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems
Over the past few years, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have revolutionized the way we effectively exploit and share distributed resources. In contrast to the traditional client-server architecture, P2P systems are application level, collaborative systems where agents work together to perform certain tasks.
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The Role of Affect in an Agent-Based Collaborative E-Learning System Used for Engineering Education
Mohamed Ben Ammar (University of Sfax, Tunisia), Mahmoud Neji (University of Sfax, Tunisia), and Adel M. Alimi (University of Sfax, Tunisia)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-264-0.ch034
Abstract
Affective computing is a new artificial intelligence area that deals with the possibility of making computers able to recognize human emotions in different ways. This chapter represents an implemented framework, which integrates this new area with an intelligent tutoring system. The authors argue that tutor agents providing socially appropriate affective behaviors would provide a new dimension for collaborative learning systems. The main goal is to analyse learner facial expressions and show how affective computing could contribute to learning interactions, both by recognizing learner emotions during learning sessions and by responding appropriately.
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Chapter 83
Querical Data Networks
A peer-to-peer network is a distributed, self-organized federation of peer entities, where the system entities collaborate by sharing resources and performing cooperative tasks for mutual benefit. It is often assumed that such a federation lives, changes, and expands independent of any distinct service facility with global authority.
Published in Chapter: Querical Data Networks; From: Handbook of Research on Innovations in Database Technologies and Applications: Current and Future Trends
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