Distributed-based massive processing of activity logs for efficient user modeling in a Virtual Campus

Cluster Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 829-844

  Caballé, Santi ^a   Xhafa, Fatos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster computing; Log files; Massive processing; Navigation patterns; PlanetLab; Virtual Campus; Web mining usage; WEKA framework

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA HANDLING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; USER EXPERIENCE;

LOG FILE; NAVIGATION PATTERNS; PLANETLAB; VIRTUAL CAMPUS; WEB MINING; WEKA FRAMEWORK;

DATA MINING;

EID: 84888819218     PISSN: 13867857     EISSN: 15737543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10586-013-0256-9     Document Type: Article

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