Evaluating e-Learning Web site quality in a fuzzy environment

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 567-586

  Büyüközkan, Gülçin ^a   Ruan, Da ^b   Feyzioǧlu, Orhan ^a  

^a GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; E-LEARNING; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

E-LEARNING SERVICE PROVIDERS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING (MCDM); QUALITY EVALUATION MODELS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 34247535039     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: 1098111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/int.20214     Document Type: Article

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