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We consider the navigation power of Web browsers, such as Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer or Opera. To this end, we formally introduce the notion of a navigational problem. We investigate various characteristics of such problems which make them hard to visit with small number of clicks.
Research supported in parts by Polish KBN grant 7T11C 007 21 (M.B. and J.T.) and by FWO grant G.0246.99 (J.H.)
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Bielecki, M., Hidders, J., Paredaens, J., Tyszkiewicz, J., Van den Bussche3, J. (2002). Navigating with a Browser. In: Widmayer, P., Eidenbenz, S., Triguero, F., Morales, R., Conejo, R., Hennessy, M. (eds) Automata, Languages and Programming. ICALP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2380. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45465-9_65
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