Multiple factor hierarchical clustering algorithm for large scale web page and search engine clickstream data

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-134

  Kou, Gang ^a   Lou, Chunwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Clickstream analysis; Information retrieval; K means algorithm; Multiple criteria decision making; Multiple factor hierarchical algorithm; Web page clustering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864759041     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-010-0704-3     Document Type: Article

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