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Understanding how the web objects of a website are demanded is relevant for the design and implementation of techniques that assure a good quality of service. Several authors have studied generic profiles for web access, concluding that they resemble a Zipf distribution, but further evidences were missing. This paper contributes with additional empirical evidences that confirm that a Zipf distribution is present in different domains and that its form has changed from past studies. More specifically, the α parameter has become higher than one, as a consequence that the popularity factor has become more critical than before. This analysis also considers the impact of web technologies on the characterization of web traffic.
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Zotano, M.G., Sanz, J.G., Pavón, J. (2015). Analysis of Web Objects Distribution. In: Omatu, S., et al. Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 12th International Conference. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 373. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19638-1_12
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