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Citation:  Ying Zou, Qi Zhang, Xulin Zhao, "Improving the Usability of E-Commerce Applications using Business Processes," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 33,  no. 12,  pp. 837-855,  Dec.,  2007