A web mining approach for finding expertise in research areas

Proceedings - 2003 International Conference on Cyberworlds, CW 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 310-317

  Tho, Quan Thanh ^a   Hui, Siu Cheung ^a   Fong, A C M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; WEBSITES;

CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; COMBINED INFORMATIONS; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; WEB CITATIONS; WEB-MINING APPROACH;

DATA MINING;

EID: 52449121916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CYBER.2003.1253470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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