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Analysis of Optimization Techniques to Improve User Response Time of Web Applications and Their Implementation for MOODLE

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Advances in Information Technology (IAIT 2013)

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Analysis of six optimization techniques grouped under three categories (hardware, back-end, and front-end) is done to study the reduction in average user response time for Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle), a Learning Management System which is scripted in PHP5, runs on Apache web server and utilizes MySQL database software. Before the implementation of these techniques, performance analysis of Moodle is performed for varying number of concurrent users. The results obtained for each optimization technique are then reported in a tabular format. The maximum reduction in end user response time was achieved for hardware optimization which requires Moodle server and database to be installed on solid state disk.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Sector 128, Noida, UP, 201304, India

    Priyanka Manchanda

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  1. School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha-U-Thit Rd., 10140, Bangkok, Thailand

    Borworn Papasratorn

  2. School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha-U-This Td., Bangmod, Thungkru, 10140, Bangkok, Thailand

    Nipon Charoenkitkarn

  3. School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thonburi, 126 Pracha-U-Thit Rd., Bangmod, Thungkru, 10140, Bangkok, Thailand

    Vajirasak Vanijja

  4. School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha-U-Thit Rd., Bangmod, Thungkru, 10140, Bangkok, Thailand

    Vithida Chongsuphajaisiddhi

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Manchanda, P. (2013). Analysis of Optimization Techniques to Improve User Response Time of Web Applications and Their Implementation for MOODLE. In: Papasratorn, B., Charoenkitkarn, N., Vanijja, V., Chongsuphajaisiddhi, V. (eds) Advances in Information Technology. IAIT 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 409. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03783-7_14

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