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Fluctuation in e-mail sizes weakens power-law correlations in e-mail flow

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  • Yoshitsugu Matsubara
  • Yasuhiro Hieida
  • Shin-ichi Tadaki

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Power-law correlations have been observed in packet flow over the Internet. The possible origin of these correlations includes demand for Internet services. We observe the demand for e-mail services in an organization, and analyze correlations in the flow and the sequence of send requests using a Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA). The correlation in the flow is found to be weaker than that in the send requests. Four types of artificial flow are constructed to investigate the effects of fluctuations in e-mail sizes. As a result, we find that the correlation in the flow originates from that in the sequence of send requests. The strength of the power-law correlation decreases as a function of the ratio of the standard deviation of e-mail sizes to their average. Copyright EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

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  • Yoshitsugu Matsubara & Yasuhiro Hieida & Shin-ichi Tadaki, 2013. "Fluctuation in e-mail sizes weakens power-law correlations in e-mail flow," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 86(9), pages 1-5, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:86:y:2013:i:9:p:1-5:10.1140/epjb/e2013-40209-x
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2013-40209-x
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