Comparing web interaction models in developing regions

Proceedings of the 1st ACM Symposium on Computing for Development, DEV 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Jay ^a   Dhananjay, Aditya ^a   Amershi, Saleema ^b   Subramanian, Lakshmi ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPING REGIONS; INTERNET CONNECTION; KERALA , INDIA; LOW-BANDWIDTH; QUEUEING MODEL; QUEUEING SYSTEM; WEB INTERACTIONS; WEB SEARCHES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; QUEUEING NETWORKS; QUEUEING THEORY; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 79952328914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1926180.1926188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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