Title :
DirectDemocracyP2P—Decentralized deliberative petition drives—
Author :
Silaghi, Marius C. ; Alhamed, Khalid ; Dhannoon, Osamah ; Song Qin ; Vishen, Rahul ; Knowles, Ryan ; Hussien, Ihsan ; Yi Yang ; Matsui, Takashi ; Yokoo, M. ; Hirayama, Katsutoshi
Author_Institution :
Florida Tech, Melbourne, FL, USA
Abstract :
DirectDemocracyP2P is an open source platform developed in JAVA and offering peer-to-peer and mobile ad hoc wireless communication capabilities. The platform offers an API supporting plugins, beside its main application: deliberative petition drives (aka citizens´ initiatives with integrated argumentation) [1]. An authentication-by-reputation technique based on digital signatures and peer review [2], [3] is integrated into the platform via this main application. Each peer manages independently its database of items of interest. The items of interest are encapsulated as self-contained pieces of information and uniquely identifiable using a system of global identifiers (GIDs). Each GID consists of a combination of public keys with creation dates, or digest values. Communication is based on a combination of push and pull mechanisms. [1].
Keywords :
Java; application program interfaces; digital signatures; mobile ad hoc networks; peer-to-peer computing; public domain software; public key cryptography; API; DirectDemocracyP2P; GID; JAVA; authentication-by-reputation technique; decentralized deliberative petition drives; digital signatures; global identifiers; mobile ad hoc wireless communication capabilities; open source platform; peer review; peer-to-peer communication capabilities; plugins; public keys; push and pull mechanisms; Ad hoc networks; Conferences; Containers; Internet; Organizations; Peer-to-peer computing; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P), 2013 IEEE Thirteenth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Trento
DOI :
10.1109/P2P.2013.6688733
