An overview of web mining in societal benefit areas

Online Information Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-195

  Lappas, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Democracy; Digital libraries; E learning; Government; Politics; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; E-LEARNING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOCIETAL BENEFIT AREAS; SOCIETAL ISSUES; WEB MINING;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 42549121547     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520810879818     Document Type: Article

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