Title :
Method to Search Accommodations System by Focusing on User Interest
Author :
Kawaishi, Ryotaro ; Masui, Fumito ; Maeda, Yasunari ; Goto, Fumitaro ; Masui, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Comput. Sci., Kitami Inst. of Technol., Kitami, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a search method for retrieving accommodation information for people planning trips. Our proposed method includes four striking functions. First, the system procedure consists of primary and secondary search phases. Second, our system obtains information of user interests through an interactive interface. Third, it computes the suitability of accommodation information based on user interest. Fourth, the accommodation information is visualized in order of the suitability as lists and graphs. In our experiment results, over 80% of the evaluators supported our system more than the baseline system. The principal functions of our proposed method are significantly effective.
Keywords :
information retrieval; travel industry; accommodation information retrieval; information dynamic interface; interactive interface; search accommodation system; search method; striking function; travel search; user interest; Bars; Computer science; Databases; Equations; Focusing; Radar; Search methods; accommodation information; dynamic interface; user feedback;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAIAAI), 2012 IIAI International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fukuoka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2719-0
DOI :
10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2012.28