A model based on fuzzy linguistic information to evaluate the quality of digital libraries

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-472

  Cabrerizo, F J ^a   Lopez Gijon J ^b   Ruiz A A ^b   Herrera Viedma, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Fuzzy linguistic modeling; Quality; Website

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952527815     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622010003907     Document Type: Article

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