Information retrieval in virtual universities

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 6-18

  Puustjärvi, Juha ^a,b   Pöyry, Päivi ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Case study; Distance learning; Information retrieval; Web based education

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISTANCE EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEARCH ENGINES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VECTORS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CASE STUDY; DISTANCE LEARNING; VECTOR MODELS; WEB-BASED EDUCATION;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 25144461603     PISSN: 15393100     EISSN: 15393119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdet.2005100102     Document Type: Review

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