Research and methodological foundations of transaction log analysis

Handbook of Research on Web Log Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-16

  Jansen, Bernard J ^a   Taksa, Isak ^b   Spink, Amanda ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84900575476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-974-8.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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