| dc.contributor.advisor | M. Frans Kaashoek. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Robertson, James (James Stewart), 1977- | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-03-24T16:15:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-03-24T16:15:40Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29691 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49). | en_US |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by James Robertson. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 49 p. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 1813822 bytes | |
| dc.format.extent | 1813630 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
| dc.title | Melody : a distributed music-sharing system | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Distributed music-sharing system | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | M.Eng. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 53874366 | en_US |
