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ERIC Number: EJ647598
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-3318-3324
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Stochastic Modeling of Usage Patterns in a Web-Based Information System.
Chen, Hui-Min; Cooper, Michael D.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v53 n7 p536-48 May 2002
Uses continuous-time stochastic models, mainly based on semi-Markov chains, to derive user state transition patterns, both in rates and in probabilities, in a Web-based information system. Describes search sessions from transaction logs of the University of California's MELVYL library catalog system and discusses sequential dependency. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Catalogs, Markov Processes, Models, Online Catalogs, Use Studies, Users (Information), World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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