Web navigation efficiency analysis

Author

Chong, C.W. ; Ramachandran, V. ; Eswarau, C.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. Telekom, Melaka, Malaysia

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

69

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the current users´ surfing behavior and propose efficient web navigation models for the naive users as well as experienced users. Pre-order surfing and Hamiltonian surfing are recommended for naive users since they are unfamiliar with the web sites considered. Conversely, optimal path surfing should be explored for the experienced users since their target pages have been pre-defined. Path optimization using fuzzy distance approach is proposed to compromise various criterions and identify the optimal path or sub-optimal path to a specific target page

Keywords

information resources; information retrieval; Hamiltonian surfing; Web navigation efficiency analysis; fuzzy distance approach; optimal path; optimal path surfing; path optimization; preorder surfing; sub-optimal path; surfing behavior; web navigation models; Degradation; HTML; Information technology; Navigation; Tellurium; Web and internet services; Web design; Web server; Web services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5731-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1999.812378

Filename

812378