Probe, count, and classify: Categorizing hidden-web databases

SIGMOD Record (ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data)

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 67-78

  Ipeirotis, Panagiotis G ^a   Gravano, Luis ^a   Sahami, Mehran ^a  

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EID: 0040154160     PISSN: 01635808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/376284.375671     Document Type: Article

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