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The Structural Cause of File Size Distributions
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Authors
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Allen B. Downey <adowney@wellesley.edu>
Computer Science Department, Wellesley College
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Abstract
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We propose a user model that explains the shape of the distribution of
file sizes in local file systems and in the World Wide Web. We
examine evidence from 562 file systems, 38 web clients and 6 web
servers, and find that the model is a good description of these
systems. These results cast doubt on the widespread view that the
distribution of file sizes is long-tailed and that long-tailed
distributions are the cause of self-similarity in the Internet.
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