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World Wide Wait: A Study of Internet Scalability and Cache-Based Approaches to Alleviate It

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  • Anindya Datta

    (Chutney Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia 30326)

  • Kaushik Dutta

    (Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199)

  • Helen Thomas

    (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213)

  • Debra VanderMeer

    (Chutney Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia 30326)

Abstract

The Internet is growing rapidly in terms of both use and infrastructure. Unfortunately, demand is outpacing the capacity of the infrastructure, as evidenced by unacceptably long response times. To support current load and further growth, we must address this problem. Several caching strategies have been proposed in the literature; many have been implemented to improve the quality of service on the Web. In this paper, we identify the main causes of delay on the Web, and provide a review of the various caching strategies employed to mitigate these delays. We also survey the application of Operations Research/Management Science (OR/MS) techniques to caching on the Web. Finally, we identify several open OR/MS research problems related to Web caching.

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  • Anindya Datta & Kaushik Dutta & Helen Thomas & Debra VanderMeer, 2003. "World Wide Wait: A Study of Internet Scalability and Cache-Based Approaches to Alleviate It," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 49(10), pages 1425-1444, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:49:y:2003:i:10:p:1425-1444
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.10.1425.17312
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    1. Vijay S. Mookerjee & Yong Tan, 2002. "Analysis of a Least Recently Used Cache Management Policy for Web Browsers," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 50(2), pages 345-357, April.
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    2. Arthur M. Geoffrion & Ramayya Krishnan, 2003. "E-Business and Management Science: Mutual Impacts (Part 1 of 2)," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 49(10), pages 1275-1286, October.
    3. Zhang, Zhongju & Fan, Weiguo, 2008. "Web server load balancing: A queueing analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 186(2), pages 681-693, April.
    4. Mohit Tawarmalani & Karthik Kannan & Prabuddha De, 2009. "Allocating Objects in a Network of Caches: Centralized and Decentralized Analyses," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 55(1), pages 132-147, January.
    5. Kartik Hosanagar & Ramayya Krishnan & John Chuang & Vidyanand Choudhary, 2005. "Pricing and Resource Allocation in Caching Services with Multiple Levels of Quality of Service," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 51(12), pages 1844-1859, December.
    6. Kartik Hosanagar & Yong Tan, 2012. "Cooperative Cashing? An Economic Analysis of Document Duplication in Cooperative Web Caching," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 23(2), pages 356-375, June.
    7. Anindya Datta & Kaushik Dutta & Qianhui Liang & Debra VanderMeer, 2012. "SOA Performance Enhancement Through XML Fragment Caching," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 23(2), pages 505-535, June.
    8. Dengpan Liu & Subodha Kumar & Vijay S. Mookerjee, 2012. "Advertising Strategies in Electronic Retailing: A Differential Games Approach," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 23(3-part-2), pages 903-917, September.
    9. Yonghua Ji & Subodha Kumar & Vijay Mookerjee, 2016. "When Being Hot Is Not Cool: Monitoring Hot Lists for Information Security," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 27(4), pages 897-918, December.
    10. Arthur M. Geoffrion & Ramayya Krishnan, 2003. "E-Business and Management Science: Mutual Impacts (Part 2 of 2)," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 49(11), pages 1445-1456, November.
    11. Doukidis, Georgios I. & Pramatari, Katerina & Lekakos, Georgios, 2008. "OR and the management of electronic services," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 187(3), pages 1296-1309, June.

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