TITLE:
Investigation of Object-Based Web Caching Using a Framework Model for User Request Access Patterns
AUTHORS:
Richard Hurley, Robert Sturgeon
KEYWORDS:
User Request Access Patterns, Performance Modelling, World Wide Web, Simulation, Web Caching
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Software Engineering and Applications,
Vol.19 No.3,
March
25,
2026
ABSTRACT: In this paper, we utilize a novel framework model that generates the wide variety of user object-level request access patterns that are prevalent in the World Wide Web. The framework model consists of three sub-models: one for user file access, one for Web pages, and one for storage servers. Web pages are assumed to consist of different types and sizes of objects, which are characterized using several categories: articles, media, and mosaics. The framework model was developed to be general enough to be applicable to various distributed applications that are present in the WWW. The distributed application to which we chose to apply the User Request Access Pattern Model is Web caching. Web caching is a system that is intended to improve user website experience by reducing response times, improving availability, lowering server load, and reducing bandwidth. We then use a discrete-event simulation to investigate the performance of an object-based Web caching application under a variety of user request access patterns.