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What is Resource Discovery

Chapter 47
Handbook of Research on Nature-Inspired Computing for Economics and Management
The mechanism used by a node to search for resources among other nodes of the network. A user at a node provides a search query containing a set of keywords corresponding to the resource being searched for. A resource discovery protocol is then used to forward the search query to other nodes and search for the resource on those nodes. When a resource is located at a node, a success message is sent to the node that originated the search query.
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Efficient Searching in Peer-to-Peer Networks Using Agent-Enabled Ant Algorithms
P. Dasgupta (University of Nebraska, USA)
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-984-7.ch047
Abstract
In this chapter we describe a mechanism to search for resources in unstructured peer-to- peer (P2P) networks using ant algorithms implemented through software agents. Traditional resource search algorithms in P2P networks use an uninformed or blind search among the various nodes of the network. In contrast, the resource search algorithm described in this chapter performs an informed search using the ant-based heuristic. In our algorithm, ants, implemented as software agents, are created in response to a user’s resource search query. An ant reinforces the route that yields a successful search for directing ants in the future towards nodes with higher probability of locating resources. We describe and compare different reinforcement strategies used by ants to perform efficient resource search in P2P networks.
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Chapter 390
The Role of Serendipity in Digital Environments
The process of exploring collections of books, articles, or information on the Web to investigate a topic generally without necessarily knowing at the initial stage, what the seeker will find.
Published in Chapter: The Role of Serendipity in Digital Environments; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 9
Decentralized Overlay for Federation of Enterprise Clouds
Resource discovery activity involve searching for the appropriate service, node, or data type that match the requirements of applications such as file sharing, Grid applications, Cloud applications etc. The resource discovery methods can be engineered based on various network models including centralized, decentralized, and hierarchical with varying degree of scalability, fault-tolerance, and network performance.
Published in Chapter: Decentralized Overlay for Federation of Enterprise Clouds; From: Handbook of Research on Scalable Computing Technologies
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Chapter 2
Types of Resources and their Discover in HealthGrids
The operation of tracking, accessing, matching, selecting and eventually requesting the right or the most accurately suitable resource for the successful accomplishment of the desired job.
Published in Chapter: Types of Resources and their Discover in HealthGrids; From: Handbook of Research on Computational Grid Technologies for Life Sciences, Biomedicine, and Healthcare
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Chapter 19
Exploiting P2P and Grid Computing Technologies for Resource Sharing to Support High Performance Distributed System
Resource discovery is a process that locates and retrieves existing resources based on particular attributes across multiple administrative domains.
Published in Chapter: Exploiting P2P and Grid Computing Technologies for Resource Sharing to Support High Performance Distributed System; From: Handbook of Research on P2P and Grid Systems for Service-Oriented Computing: Models, Methodologies and Applications
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Chapter 4
A Survey of Efficient Resource Discovery Techniques on DHTs
The process of finding a suitable resource in a network of computing elements to perform a task.
Published in Chapter: A Survey of Efficient Resource Discovery Techniques on DHTs; From: Handbook of Research on P2P and Grid Systems for Service-Oriented Computing: Models, Methodologies and Applications
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Chapter 12
Wireless Grids: Recent Advances in Resource and Job Management
Involves the location of resources that satisfy a set of requirements given in a query.
Published in Chapter: Wireless Grids: Recent Advances in Resource and Job Management; From: Handbook of Research on Next Generation Mobile Communication Systems
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