Question:
(a) Explain what is the resource discovery problem?
(b) Distinguish between centralized (hybrid) and decentralized (pure) peer to peer network?
(c) Give an example of a blind search algorithm for hybrid peer to peernet work.
(d) Which one of the following mechanisms used for resource discovery is more efficient: Adaptive probabilistic search (APS) or Local indices?
(e) With the aid of an example, explain the local indices method for resource discovery.