Modeling Web session behavior using cluster analysis: A comparison of three search settings

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 44, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wolfram, Dietmar ^a   Wang, Peiling ^b   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 47349090841     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450440232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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