Strategies to find the best path in a Peer to Peer type network

Strategy 1

Consider a sample space of 50 nodes. Find the average throughput amongst these and extract the set of those nodes which are above the average throughput. From these nodes, find the nodes with above average latency among these nodes. Repeat this procedure for reliability and select the best node.

Strategy 2

Weighted Averages: Give a weighted average to each one of the four parameters: Throughput, Latency, Jitter and Reliability. Normalize the values. Depending on the seed values, choose the best node.

Strategy 3

Normalise the values of throughput and Latency between 0 and 1. Subtract the two values for each row in the dataset and store them. Choose the node with the best Reliability amongst the top ten (tentatively) of the previous calculation.