Web server performance analysis using histogram workload models

Computer Networks

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2727-2739

  Hernández Orallo, Enrique ^a   Vila Carbó, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discrete statistical traffic modelling; Stochastic analysis; Traffic modelling; Web server modelling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; BASIC MODELS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DISCRETE STATISTICAL TRAFFIC MODELLING; HURST PARAMETER; LONG RANGE DEPENDENCE; PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY; QUEUEING MODEL; RESPONSE TIME; SECOND ORDER STATISTICS; SELF-SIMILARITIES; SERVER MODELS; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MODEL; TRAFFIC MODELLING; WEB SERVER MODELLING; WEB SERVER PERFORMANCE; WEB SERVERS; WEB TRAFFIC; WORK-LOAD MODELS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; QUEUEING THEORY; WEB SERVICES;

SERVERS;

EID: 68349104301     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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