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Peer to peer systems are a disruptive technology which has brought revolutionary changes in the way people are utilizing the Internet. They facilitate sharing of various resources, among which are computational resources, files, and network bandwidth. This book describes an innovative approach for searching in fully distributed P2P networks by using a bio-inspired search algorithm based on the Slime Mold life cycle. The book also tackles the problem of video on-demand streaming and user collaboration in a fully distributed environment.

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Daniel Kanev is a professional software engineer living in Dublin, Ireland.He has more than 10 years of experience in developing backend software, with focus on distributed systems and systems programming. Daniel holds a Master´s degree of Software Engineering and Internet Computing from the Vienna University of Technology.

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