Evaluation of Website Usability Using Markov Chains and Latent Semantic Analysis(<Special Section>Internet Technology V)

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The development of information/communication technology has made it possible to access substantial amounts of data and retrieve information. However, it is often difficult to locate the desired information, and it becomes necessary to spend considerable time determining how to access specific available data. This paper describes a method to quantitatively evaluate the usability of large-scale information-oriented websites and the effects of improvements made to the site design. This is achieved by utilizing the Cognitive Walkthrough for the Web and website modeling using Markov chains. We further demonstrate that we can greatly improve usability through simple modification of the link structure by applying our approach to an actual informational database website with over 40,000 records.

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  • CRID
    1570009750325878016
  • NII Article ID
    10016563811
  • NII Book ID
    AA10826261
  • ISSN
    09168516
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • CiNii Articles

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