A structured methodology for assessing and improving e-services in digital cities

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-136

  Pazalos, Konstantinos ^a   Loukis, Euripidis ^a   Nikolopoulos, Vassilios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assessment; Digital cities; e Learning; e Services; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL CITIES; E-SERVICES; EVALUATION; GENERATION PROCESS; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE; PRIORITIZATION; PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; SCARCE RESOURCES; STRUCTURED EVALUATION;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 80052801624     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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