SBIR Phase I: Scalable, Real-time Search Engine

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将研究使Web搜索引擎软件能够扩展到1000万个资源的可行性，更新速度通常为5分钟，响应时间通常为3秒。第一阶段的计划是使用现成的硬件和基础设施软件开发一个软件模拟器，沿着一个新的、创新的软件算法来改进搜索引擎。这一创新的更广泛影响是为实时传感器和RFID等高更新资源启用了一类新的Web应用程序。这一创新将提高人们对构建可伸缩的实时Web应用程序的技术理解。 目前可用的商业Web搜索引擎是为在数周或数月内更新的资源而设计的;它们不适合需要更高更新的下一代Web应用程序。 这项创新如果成功，将允许一类新的实时分布式Web服务。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will investigate the feasibility to enable Web search engines software to scale to 10 million resources updated at a typical speed of 5 minutes with a typical response time of 3 seconds. The Phase I plan is to develop a software simulator using off-the-shelf hardware and infrastructure software, along with a new, innovative software algorithm to improve the search engine. The broader impacts of the innovation are in enabling a new class of Web applications for high-update resources such as real-time sensors and RFID. The innovation will increase the technological understanding in building scalable real-time Web applications. Commercial web search engines available today are designed for resources that are updated in weeks or months; they are not suitable for the next generation of Web applications that require higher updates. This innovation, if successful will allow a new class of real-time distributed Web services.