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Visit planner: A personalized mobile trip design application based on a hybrid recommendation model

Published:2024 Issue:3 Volume:21 Page:923-946
ISSN:1820-0214
Container-title:Computer Science and Information Systems
language:en
Short-container-title:ComSIS

Author:

Papadakis Harris¹,Panagiotakis Costas²,Fragopoulou Paraskevi¹,Chalkiadakis Georgios³,Streviniotis Errikos³,Ziogas Ioannis-Panagiotis³,Koutsmanis Michail³,Bariamis Panagiotis⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

2. Department of Management Science and Technology, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Lakonia, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece

3. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Kounoupidiana, Chania, Crete, Greece

4. Netmechanics LLC, Solonos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Abstract

The paper presents Visit Planner (ViP), a mobile application prototype that provides a solution to the challenging tourist trip design problem. ViP follows a holistic approach offering personalized recommendations for Points of Interest (POIs) based on preferences either explicitly collected by the application, or inferred by the users? ongoing interaction with the system. ViP proposes to the final user, a trajectory of POIs calculated using an Expectation Maximization method that maximizes user satisfaction taking into consideration a variety of time and spatial constraints for both users and POIs. Additionally, POIs are divided into categories, so that a certain number of POIs from each category to be included in the final itinerary. The application is implemented as a user-interactive system that allows the flexibility for easy content adaptation and facilitates management of content and services by the user. The prototype has been implemented for Android-based smartphones, on an open application environment, using standard communication protocols and open database technology. Currently, it is applied to the city of Agios Nikolaos in Crete, and is available for download from Google play.

Publisher

National Library of Serbia

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