An adaptive mechanism for Web browser cache management

Author

Reddy, Mike ; Fletcher, Graham P.

Author_Institution

Glamorgan Univ., Pontypridd, UK

Volume

2

Issue

1

fYear

1998

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

81

Abstract

Current proxy server and client caching techniques do not incorporate the dynamics of document selection and modification. The adaptive model proposed in the article uses document life histories to optimize cache performance. We briefly describe existing “semi intelligent” caching strategies and then propose a mechanism for adaptive cache management. Our approach attempts to improve cache performance by modeling document life histories to determine usefulness. We use damped exponential smoothing to ensure an accurate yet responsive model of document dynamics

Keywords

Internet; adaptive systems; cache storage; document handling; Web browser cache management; adaptive cache management; adaptive mechanism; adaptive model; cache performance; client caching techniques; damped exponential smoothing; document dynamics; document life histories; document selection; proxy server; responsive model; semi intelligent caching strategies; Coherence; Computer network management; Delay; File servers; History; Network servers; Prefetching; Smoothing methods; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4236.656085

Filename

656085