Title :
Assessing the quality of Web-based applications via navigational structures
Author :
Chang, Wen-Kui ; Hon, Shing-Kai
Author_Institution :
Tunghai Univ., Taiwan
Abstract :
We study the link validity of a Web site´s navigational structure to enhance Web quality. Our approach employs the principle of statistical usage testing to develop an efficient and effective testing mechanism. Some advantages of our approach include generating test scripts systematically, providing coverage metrics, and executing hyperlinks only once.
Keywords :
Internet; hypermedia; information resources; software quality; user interfaces; Internet; Web quality assessment; Web site; Web-based applications; coverage metrics; hyperlinks; hypermedia; link validity; navigational structures; statistical usage testing; test scripts; Environmental management; Information retrieval; Java; Navigation; Quality management; Size measurement; Software testing; Statistical analysis; System testing; Visual BASIC;
Journal_Title :
MultiMedia, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MMUL.2002.1022855