Title :
A collaborative awareness framework for mobile tourist recommender system
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Technol., Multimedia Univ., Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Abstract :
Tourism industry is expected to grow tremendously in Malaysia. Mobile technology such as smart phones can be use as a tourist recommender system. This paper proposed a collaborative awareness framework in order to design a usable mobile system. The collaborative awareness framework takes into account of tourist types, tourism activities, tourist experiences, visiting phases, mobile technology capabilities and limitations. The proposed mobile tourist recommender system will be able to provide both location-based and person-based awareness.
Keywords :
groupware; human computer interaction; mobile computing; mobile handsets; mobility management (mobile radio); recommender systems; travel industry; Malaysia; collaborative awareness; location based awareness; mobile tourist recommender system; person based awareness; tourism industry; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Industries; Mobile communication; Recommender systems; Transportation; Collaborative Awareness; Human Computer Interaction; Mobile Technology; Tourism;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Research and Development (ICCRD), 2011 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-839-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICCRD.2011.5764030