\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 05150424} \itemau{Shi, Lei; Wei, Lin; Gu, Zhimin; Han, Yingjie; Shi, Yun} \itemti{An analytical model for web prefetching.} \itemso{Huang, De-Shuang (ed.) et al., Intelligent control and automation. International conference on intelligent computing, ICIC 2006, Kunming, China, August 16--19, 2006. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 3-540-37255-5/pbk). Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 344, 822-827 (2006).} \itemab Summary: The ultimate goal of Web prefetching is to improve the quality of service on the Web. Previous studies in speculative prefetching focus on building prediction algorithms for the purpose of Web prefetching accuracy. This paper presents a theoretical analytical model on Web prefetching, based on which, different Web prefetching scheme can be developed. The discussion tries to describe a generic prefetching algorithm and provide implementation basis for Web speculative prefetching. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{} \itemut{} \itemli{} \end