Distinct value estimation on peer-to-peer networks

  • Authors:
  • Zubin Joseph;Gautam Das;Leonidas Fegaras

  • Affiliations:
  • UT Arlington;UT Arlington;UT Arlington

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Peer-to-Peer networks have become very popular on the Internet, with millions of peers all over the world sharing large volumes of data. In the assistive healthcare sector, it is likely that P2P networks will develop that interconnect and allow the controlled sharing of patient databases of various hospitals, clinics, and research laboratories. However, the sheer scale of these networks has made it difficult to gather statistics that could be used for building new features. In this paper, we present a technique to obtain estimations of the number of distinct values matching a query on the network. We evaluate the technique experimentally and provide a set of results that demonstrate its effectiveness, as well as its flexibility in supporting a variety of queries and applications.