Performance and usability testing of multidimensional taxonomy in web site search and navigation

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-33

  Uddin, Mohammad Nasir ^a   Janecek, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Classification; Digital libraries; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547491686     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678040710748058     Document Type: Article

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