Graph theory application and web page ranking for website link structure improvement

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-72

  Abedin, Babak ^a   Sohrabi, Babak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Graph theory; Log file; Q sort ranking; Web site usability

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; USABILITY ENGINEERING; WEBSITES;

DIRECTED GRAPHS; E-SERVICES; GRAPH THEORY APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION-AND-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LINK STRUCTURES; LOG FILE; PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES; Q-SORT RANKING; USAGE PATTERNS; WEB DEVELOPMENT; WEB PAGE RANKINGS; WEB SITE USABILITY; WEB USAGE MININGS; WEBSITE USABILITIES;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 60649097743     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290701840948     Document Type: Article

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