On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 02:21:32PM -0700, Timm Murray wrote:
> Anyone else around here an armchair Chaos Theorist (or even a real Chaos
> Theorist)? If the simulations don't incorperate the size-bias they will be
> fately flawed.
It depends what you are using the simulations for. We have primarily
used them to test the scalability of the general system, I don't think
the size bias would affect this, it will really effect document's
longevity in the system, which we haven't measured yet.
> Freenet is a natural system, and thus any simuations are
> susceptable to the Butterfly Effect.
Not all complex systems are chaotic. I disagree that Freenet is a
chaotic system since it doesn't seem to be particularly reliant on the
initial configuration of the network (a chaotic system would be).
> Thanks to a little chat on IRC with
> Oskar, I also learned that the most difficult part of Freenet simulations is
> trying to replicate the behavior of users (who says IRC is a waste of time?)
True.
Ian.
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