An activity-theory-based model to analyse Web application requirements

Information Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Uden, Lorna ^a   Valderas, Pedro ^b   Pastor, Oscar ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

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