HTTP simulator validation using real measurements: a case study

Author

Davison, Brian D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., The State Univ. of New Jersey, NJ, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

389

Lastpage

396

Abstract

Simulation is a common technique used by Web researchers and provides many benefits. Verification and validation of a simulator are essential if the results of those simulations are to be believed. Unfortunately, even limited validation of simulators has been uncommon in the Web caching community. In contrast, this paper argues for the validity of a new network and caching simulator by extensively comparing simulated results to both small- and large-scale realworld HTTP traffic. In addition, we describe some of the preparation needed to use a large, well-known trace of Web usage

Keywords

Internet; cache storage; digital simulation; telecommunication traffic; HTTP simulator validation; Web caching; large-scale real-world HTTP traffic; small-scale real-world HTTP traffic; verification; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Large-scale systems; Predictive models; Protocols; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 2001. Proceedings. Ninth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cincinnati, OH

ISSN

1526-7639

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1315-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASCOT.2001.948891

Filename

948891