On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 08:48:19AM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote:
> > > Ok, are you comfortable with the algorithm I proposed for dealing with 
> > > connection failures and such-like?
> > 
> > What algorithm?
> 
> To the RTE estimate we add Pf * T where Pf is the probability of a
> connection failure for that node, and T is the average time it takes for
> a connection to fail.

But then we are saying that success in time T is no better than failure
in time T. What we want is

E = P(success) * E_time(success) +
    P(failure) * (E_time(failure) + E_time(full request))


Where E_time(full request) is an estimated time based on the overall
node performance.
> 
> Ian.
> 
> -- 
> Ian Clarke                                                [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Coordinator, The Freenet Project            http://freenetproject.org/
> Founder, Locutus                                      http://locut.us/
> Personal Homepage                                 http://locut.us/ian/



-- 
Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/
ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.

Attachment: pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature

Reply via email to