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Intelligent Agent-based Travel Planning Recommendation System in Peak Seasons

지능형 소프트웨어 에이전트에 기반한 피크 기간에서의 여행 계획 추천 시스템

  • 임홍순 (핸디소프트) ;
  • 안형준 (한국과학기술원 테크노경영대학원) ;
  • 김종우 (한양대학교 경영대학원 경영학부) ;
  • 박성주 (한국과학기술원 테크노경영대학원)
  • Published : 2004.11.01
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Abstract

This paper presents a multi-agent system for intelligent recommendation of travel plans to users. The goal of the system is to provide alternative and preferable travel plans to users when the availability of tickets is low such as in vacations, holidays, weekends, or peak seasons. The multiple agents in the system search for available alternatives for a target travel in collaboration with other agents and recommend best alternatives by analyzing them using a multi-criteria decision-making model. A prototype online travel support system was constructed and a simulation experiment was performed for evaluation and comparison with different travel planning strategies.

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