LOGPAT: A semi-automatic way to analyze hypertext navigation behavior

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-120

  Richter, Tobias ^a   Naumann, Johannes ^a   Noller, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypertext; Log file analysis; Navigation behavior; Software tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038497458     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.62.2.113     Document Type: Article

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