One of the problem I see is the difficulty to evolve the simulation the same way the original will evolve. It will more than likely be a closed system which will put most emphasis on the interactions of the large nodes and network topolgy while de-emphasising or underestimating the power of clients and subnetworks of clients with in the simulated network.
With the continued advances in processor speeds, network speeds and software development will the simulation, for example, be able to include distributed client clusters (that have existed for some time).
For it to work most effectively my opinion is that it will have to evolve, mirrored to the real internet.
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One who does not employ local guides cannot gain advantages of terrain. Sun-Tzu
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One of the problem I see is the difficulty to evolve the simulation the same way the original will evolve. It will more than likely be a closed system which will put most emphasis on the interactions of the large nodes and network topolgy while de-emphasising or underestimating the power of clients and subnetworks of clients with in the simulated network. With the continued advances in processor speeds, network speeds and software development will the simulation, for example, be able to include distributed client clusters (that have existed for some time). For it to work most effectively my opinion is that it will have to evolve, mirrored to the real internet. *** One who does not employ local guides cannot gain advantages of terrain. Sun-Tzu