SkipSim is a simulator that can be used for the design, implementation, and evaluation of the distributed Skip Graph-based protocols.
Please see the first tutorial to get instructions on how to build, configure and run the SkipSim.
Skip-graph(s)
are stored in a SkipGraphOperations object and all the operations regarding to skip-graph(s)
can be performed using an instance of that class.
First, create a SkipGraphOperations object
SkipGraphOperations sgo = new SkipGraphOperations(true);
We've passed true to the constructor because we want a blockchain type structure
where two skip-graph overlays are generated (one for peers, one for transactions.)
We can reach the peer skip-graph by doing sgo.getTG().getNodeSet() and transactions
skip-graph by doing sgo.getTransactions().
An initiator peer required to perform a search over the skip-graph. Here, we use the node with the index of 0 as the initiator.
Nodes peers = sgo.getTG().getNodeSet();
Node initiator = (Node)peers.getNode(0);
// We want the node with the num.id most similar to 42.
int targetNumID = 42;
int searchDirection;
// Determining the direction of search.
if(targetNumID > initiator.getNumID) {
// Target is on the right of the initiator.
searchDirection = SkipGraphOperations.RIGHT_SEARCH_DIRECTION
} else {
// Target is on the left of the initiator.
searchDirection = SkipGraphOperations.LEFT_SEARCH_DIRECTION
}
int result = sgo.SearchByNumID(
targetNumID, // search for the node with num. id of 42
initiator, // initiate the search from this node
new Message(),
SkipSimParameters.getLookupTableSize()-1, // initiate the search from the uppermost level
0,
peers, // search over the peers skip-graph
searchDirection // the direction of the search
);The result will store the node's index with the numerical id most similar to 42.
An initiator peer is required to perform a search over the skip-graph as well. Note that this initiator should own at least one transaction. We use the node 0 as previously.
We also need the search direction as we did previously. However, we cannot simply use the numerical id of the initiator, as we are looking for a transaction while the initiator is a peer. We need to search for the initiator's transaction that is most similar to our target. That transaction will be the starting point of our search. So, we use that transaction to determine the search direction as well.
Nodes transactions = sgo.getTransactions();
Node initiator = (Node)peers.getNode(0);
// we want the *transaction* with the num.id most similar to 42.
int targetNumID = 42;
/*
Determining the direction of search.
*/
// First, we need to find the most similar transaction that is stored in the initiator.
int mostSimilarInInitiator = initiator
.mostSimilarTXB(transactions, targetNumID,
new Message(), SkipGraphOperations.LEFT_SEARCH_DIRECTION, 0);
if(mostSimilarInInitiator == -1) {
mostSimilarInInitiator = nodeSearchInitiator
.mostSimilarTXB(transactions, targetNumID,
new Message(), SkipGraphOperations.RIGHT_SEARCH_DIRECTION, 0);
}
// Now, we have the most similar transaction on the initiator node.
// The search will be performed starting from that transaction, so we
// needed to find this value explicitly in order to determine the search
// direction.
int mostSimilarNumId = transactions.getNode(mostSimilarInInitiator).getNumID();
int searchDirection = (searchTargetTXBNumId < mostSimilarNumId)
? SkipGraphOperations.LEFT_SEARCH_DIRECTION
: SkipGraphOperations.RIGHT_SEARCH_DIRECTION;
int result = sgo.SearchByNumID(
targetNumID,
initiator,
new Message(),
SkipSimParameters.getLookupTableSize() - 1,
0,
transactions,
searchDirection);Similarly, the result will store the transaction's index with the numerical id most similar to 42.
Insertion into the peer skip-graph is relatively easy.
// Determine the new index.
int newIndex = sgo.getTG.getNodeSet().size();
// Construct the new node.
Node newNode = new Node(newIndex);
// Insert the new node into the peer skip-graph
sgo.insert(newNode, 0, sgo.getTG().getNodeSet());Insertion into the transaction skip-graph is easy as well. We only need an owner peer.
// Choose the node with the index of 0 as the owner of the new transaction.
Node owner = (Node) sgo.getTG().getNodeSet().getNode(0);
// Construct the new transaction.
Transaction tx = new Transaction(0, owner.getIndex());
// Insert the transaction into the skip-graph.
sgo.addTXBtoLedger(tx, 0, true);In order to create a new simulation-schema, first we need to create a new class that extends from SkipSimParameters. In its constructor, we set the parameters. Then we need to call the constructor of this class from the constructor of the SchemaManager. SkipSim calls the SchemaManager's constructor once to initialize the simulation with correct configuration.
Please see Blockchain, StaticReplication and MultiObjectiveReplication classes for reference simulation-schemas. If the user wishes, for example, to use the already provided StaticReplication schema, they should call the constructor of that class from the constructor of the SchemaManager, as following:
package SimulationSchema;
public class SchemaManager {
public SchemaManager() {
// calling the constructor of the schema that we want to use
new StaticReplication();
}
}Please refer to the tutorials for getting familiar with SkipSim quickly:
- Hassanzadeh-Nazarabadi, Yahya, Ali Utkan Şahin, Öznur Özkasap, and Alptekin Küpçü. "SkipSim: Scalable Skip Graph Simulator." In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), pp. 1-2. IEEE, 2020. (PDF).
For citing this implementation in a publication please use: Hassanzadeh-Nazarabadi, Yahya, Ali Utkan Şahin, Öznur Özkasap, and Alptekin Küpçü. "SkipSim: Scalable Skip Graph Simulator." In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), pp. 1-2. IEEE, 2020.
@inproceedings{hassanzadeh2020skipsim,
title={SkipSim: Scalable Skip Graph Simulator},
author={Hassanzadeh-Nazarabadi, Yahya and {\c{S}}ahin, Ali Utkan and {\"O}zkasap, {\"O}znur and K{\"u}p{\c{c}}{\"u}, Alptekin},
booktitle={2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC)},
pages={1--2},
year={2020},
organization={IEEE}
}