A workflow language for web automation

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1838-1856

  Montoto, Paula ^a   Pan, Alberto ^a   Raposo, Juan ^a   Losada, José ^a   Bellas, Fernando ^a   Carneiro, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data mining; Web automation; Web information systems; Web wrappers

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949127955     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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