Topic analysis and identification of queries

Handbook of Research on Web Log Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 345-358

  Ozmutlu, Seda ^a   Ozmutlu, Huseyin C ^a   Spink, Amanda ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 79952423927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-974-8.ch017     Document Type: Chapter

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