E-commerce system quality assessment using a model based on ISO 9126 and Belief Networks

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-129

  Stefani, Antonia ^a   Xenos, Michalis ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Belief Networks; E commerce; ISO 9126; Quality assessment; Quality characteristics; Theoretical framework

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

INTERACTIVE SHOPPING; ISO 9126; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC; SOFTWARE QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL MODELING; WEB-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEM;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 37849053607     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11219-007-9032-5     Document Type: Article

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