Empirical observations regarding predictability in user：的经验观察的可预测性的用户.pdf

Empirical Observations Regarding Predictability in User Access-Behavior in a Distributed Digital Library System Jochen Hollmann Anders Ard¨o Per Stenstr¨om CSE, Chalmers DTV, DTU CSE, Chalmers 412 96 G¨oteborg, Sweden 2800 Lyngby, Denmark 412 96 G¨oteborg, Sweden joho@ce.chalmers.se and@dtv.dk pers@ce.chalmers.se Abstract is located. In contrast to many digital library services from large publishers, used by many libraries today, DADS inte- Today document archives are geographically distributed grates information from different sources into a single point but often not replicated. This can potentially result in a of access with a generic interface – a one stop shop (for low quality of service in terms of reduced availability and journal articles). long user-perceived access times. Instead of indiscriminate DADS consists of a number of databases encompassing replication we study the effectiveness of caching techniques indexing databases and fulltext archives. Users from each such as prefetching and selective preloading. organizational unit, for example a university, have access Our technique analyzes whether user access behavior is to this collection of databases through a web server with a predictable enough to gues