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Load distribution by using web workers for a real-time web application

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In this paper, we describe a load distribution technique that employs web workers. We have been implementing a web-based MORPG as an interactive, real-time web application; previously, the web server alone was responsible for manipulating the behavior of all the game characters. As more users logged in, the workload on the server was increased. Hence, we have implemented a technique whereby the CPU load of the server is distributed among the clients; a performance evaluation reveals that our technique plays a role in decreasing the CGI latency of low-end servers and can decrease the CPU load of high-end servers when many users are logged in.

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iiWAS '10: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services
November 2010
895 pages
ISBN:9781450304214
DOI:10.1145/1967486
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  2. web application
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