A new look into Web page ranking systems

Abstract

This paper proposes a new way of looking into Web page ranking systems by using some concepts of queuing theory in operations research and stochastic water storage theory in hydrology. Since both theories queuing and stochastic water storage are rich in technology as well as application aspects, the new look in this paper may lead to new directions in Web page ranking systems and related research areas. In doing so, first this paper draws some analogies between a Web page ranking system and theory of queues. Then it shows how a Web page ranking system can be tackled to reduce current obstacles by using queuing theory techniques. In the second, a Web page ranking system is modeled as a framework of stochastic water storage theory to derive a list of Web page rankings. Third and finally, the outcome results of rankings obtained by using the proposed two theories queuing theory and stochastic water storage are compared and analyzed analytically as well as experimentally. The experimental results show the proposed new look is promising for establishing a new research area which can improve the current situations and difficulties occurred in search engines and their ranking systems in particular and some problems in World Wide Web as a whole.