Classifying web metrics using the web quality model

Online Information Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-248

  Calero, Coral ^a   Ruiz, Julián ^a   Piattini, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measurement; Quality; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; MEASUREMENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY; STAKEHOLDERS; WEB METRICS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 21344442821     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520510607560     Document Type: Article

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