Melody : a distributed music-sharing system
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Author(s)
Robertson, James (James Stewart), 1977-
Advisor(s)
M. Frans Kaashoek.
Alternative Title
Distributed music-sharing system
Date Issued
2003
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Text search has been an important feature of file sharing applications since Napster. This thesis explores a directory hierarchy for categorizing and retrieving content in peer-to-peer systems as an alternative to keyword search. This thesis discusses Melody, a music sharing system that implements a directory hierarchy. Melody is built on Chord, a distributed lookup algorithm, and DHash, a distributed hash table. We evaluate the performance consequences and usability of Melody. In addition, this thesis presents two support applications: Autocat, to support automatic categorization, and Paynet, to encourage users to pay for the songs they listen to.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49).
Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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