Website complexity metrics for measuring navigability

Proceedings - Fourth International Conference on Quality Software, QSIC 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 172-179

  Zhang, Yanlong ^a,b   Zhu, Hong ^a   Greenwood, Sue ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; SERVERS; WEB BROWSERS;

SERVER LOG FILES; SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY AXIOMS; USER-CENTRED QUESTIONNAIRE; WEBSITE STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

WEBSITES;

EID: 14044261268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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