On November 21, 2003 12:01 pm, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > On November 21, 2003 06:41 am, Ian Clarke wrote: > > > It seems that we aren't seeing the hoped-for specialization in NGR. > > Rather than futzing about with all sorts of ideas while trying to test > > them in the chaotic real network, we need a simple simulator to help us > > test these ideas. > > > One idea to test on that simulator is are we specializing by key or > for fast connections. It seems to me that, by far, the largest chunks > of the NG estimator are from transmission time... When I did the > first stabs at NG I was only basing it on search times and, if > memory serves, it was getting much better numbers. > > Maybe we should be normallizing to a size that does not give > a number much greater than transmission time? than search time.
Ed - who is pressing the enter key too quickly > This implies that the simulator needs to be able to simulate > both fast and slow nodes. > > > The simulator would model a set of Freenet nodes and use the actual > > Estimator code from Freenet, but feeding samples from the simulator into > > it. Initially it would be very simple, each hop would be assumed to > > take a uniform time, nodes would never QR, and all data is the same > > size, and transfer rates are always the same. This would at-least allow > > us to gain a more intuitive understanding of how best to achieve > > specialization in NGR. This would also provide a useful distraction > > from meddling with the real network so that we can allow it to settle > > into a steady-state. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Ian. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
