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URL <strong>of</strong> the<br />

web-site<br />

Figure 3. Global aggregation <strong>of</strong> preferences <strong>of</strong> <strong>Quality</strong><br />

Table2. <strong>Quality</strong> preference <strong>of</strong> factors <strong>of</strong> http://www.ebay.in<br />

Usability<br />

%<br />

Functionality<br />

%<br />

Reliability<br />

%<br />

http://www.ebay.in 75.6 87.23 91 93.3<br />

Global <strong>Quality</strong><br />

Preference<br />

85.16%<br />

4 Implementing the quality<br />

evaluation framework<br />

The evaluation process is done by using<br />

small, controlled and well-planned experiments<br />

[22] , used the students <strong>of</strong> MCA and also other<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tware pr<strong>of</strong>essionals working with the<br />

companies <strong>of</strong> international repute. They have<br />

been given a list <strong>of</strong> on-line shopping <strong>Indian</strong><br />

web-<strong>sites</strong> and were provided the evaluation<br />

scale for each metric. After evaluating the data<br />

<strong>of</strong> selected web-<strong>sites</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> e-<strong>commerce</strong><br />

domain, an evaluation model has been selected.<br />

We have selected non-linear multi-scoring<br />

criteria model. The evaluation process is based<br />

on Logic Score <strong>of</strong> Preferences LSP[23,24] and<br />

Continuous Preference Logic as mathematical<br />

background. This can be achieved by means <strong>of</strong> a<br />

preference aggregation function, called<br />

generalized conjunction /disjunction or andor,<br />

combining weighted power means to obtain the<br />

Global <strong>Quality</strong> Preference. After evaluating the<br />

factors <strong>of</strong> quality <strong>of</strong> the selected web-<strong>sites</strong><br />

Global <strong>Quality</strong> Preference is being calculated.<br />

Efficiency<br />

%<br />

5 Results and discussion<br />

In this work, we have presented the design<br />

and implementation <strong>of</strong> a systematic and<br />

quantitative engineering-based evaluation<br />

method for web-applications. The block<br />

diagram given in Figure 3 shows the quality<br />

factors along with their weights in Global<br />

<strong>Quality</strong> Preference <strong>of</strong> the web-site. It is expected<br />

that organizations need to define their own<br />

quality factors, criteria and metrics specific to<br />

their system context. In future, we suggest<br />

creation <strong>of</strong> a knowledge base <strong>of</strong> web-based<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tware’s quality factors, criteria, and metrics.<br />

S<strong>of</strong>tware pr<strong>of</strong>essionals can then make use <strong>of</strong><br />

already defined model that suits them or find<br />

the closest model and modify it according to<br />

their needs. We have evaluated the web-site <strong>of</strong><br />

ebay http://www.ebay.in and the results are<br />

shown in Table 2. We further wish to evaluate<br />

other selected <strong>Indian</strong> e-<strong>commerce</strong> based web<strong>sites</strong><br />

to calculate their Global <strong>Quality</strong><br />

Preference, in order to rank these web-<strong>sites</strong><br />

according to their quality.

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