Human-Centric Mechanism Design in Peer-to-Peer Networks

The foundation of peer-to-peer systems is based on the contribution of resources from peers and such contribution plays a significant role in the efficiency and performance of the system, thus a protocol to facilitate the negotiation and compromises constitute a critical part of the systems success. However, conventional mechanism design process does not take into account of human intervention, which may significantly impact the social welfare of the system. We present our position on the need of a human-centric mechanism design framework in light of generating research interests.