The Behavior Analysis of Exhibition Visitors using Data Mining Technique at the KIDS & EDU EXPO for Children

An exhibition is defined as market events for specific duration to present exhibitors' main products to business or private visitors, and it plays a key role as effective marketing channels. As the importance of exhibition is getting more and more, domestic exhibition industry has achieved such a great quantitative growth. But, In contrast to the quantitative growth of domestic exhibition industry, the qualitative growth of Exhibition has not achieved competent growth. In order to improve the quality of exhibition, we need to understand the preference or behavior characteristics of visitors and to increase the level of visitors' attention and satisfaction through the understanding of visitors. So, in this paper, we used the observation survey method which is a kind of field research to understand visitors and collect the real data for the analysis of behavior pattern. And this research proposed the following methodology framework consisting of three steps. First step is to select a suitable exhibition to apply for our method. Second step is to implement the observation survey method. And we collect the real data for further analysis. In this paper, we conducted the observation survey method to obtain the real data of the KIDS & EDU EXPO for Children in SETEC. Our methodology was conducted on 160 visitors and 78 booths from November 4th to 6th in 2010. And, the last step is to analyze the record data through observation. In this step, we analyze the feature of exhibition using Demographic Characteristics collected by observation survey method at first. And then we analyze the individual booth features by the records of visited booth. Through the analysis of individual booth features, we can figure out what kind of events attract the attention of visitors and what kind of marketing activities affect the behavior pattern of visitors. But, since previous research considered only individual features influenced by exhibition, the research about the correlation among features is not performed much. So, in this research, additional analysis is carried out to supplement the existing research with data mining techniques. And we analyze the relation among booths using data mining techniques to know behavior patterns of visitors. Among data mining techniques, we make use of two data mining techniques, such as clustering analysis and ARM(Association Rule Mining) analysis. In clustering analysis, we use K-means algorithm to figure out the correlation among booths. Through data mining techniques, we figure out that there are two important features to affect visitors' behavior patterns in exhibition. One is the geographical features of booths. The other is the exhibit contents of booths. Those features are considered when the organizer of exhibition plans next exhibition. Therefore, the results of our analysis are expected to provide guideline to understanding visitors and some valuable insights for the exhibition from the earlier phases of exhibition planning. Also, this research would be a good way to increase the quality of visitor satisfaction. Visitors' movement paths, booth location, and distances between each booth are considered to plan next exhibition in advance. This research was conducted at the KIDS & EDU EXPO for Children in SETEC(Seoul Trade Exhibition & Convention), but it has some constraints to be applied directly to other exhibitions. Also, the results were derived from a limited number of data samples. In order to obtain more accurate and reliable results, it is necessary to conduct more experiments based on larger data samples and exhibitions on a variety of genres.

유아교육 박람회에서 데이터마이닝 기법을 이용한 전시 관람 행동 패턴 분석

전시회는 전시업체가 새로운 상품이나 서비스를 관람객에게 알리기 위해 개최되는 것으로 효과적인 마케팅 수단으로 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 이처럼 전시회의 중요성이 점점 커짐에 따라, 국내 전시 산업은 많은 양적 성장을 이뤄왔다. 그러나, 양적 성장에 비해 전시 산업의 질적 성장은 이에 미치지 못하는 실정이다. 따라서 전시회의 질정 성장을 이루기 위해서는 관람객의 행동 패턴을 이해하여 관람객들의 전시 관람 수준과 만족도를 높일 필요성이 있다. 본 연구에서는 관람객들의 전시 관람 행동 패턴을 분석하기 위해 다음과 같은 연구 프레임워크를 사용한다. 첫 번째 단계는 본 연구의 방법론을 적용하기 적합한 전시회를 선정하는 단계이다. 두 번째 단계는 관찰 조사 방법을 수행하는 단계이다. 마지막 세 번째 단계는 수집된 자료들을 분석하는 단계이다. 분석 단계에서는 부스들의 개별 특성을 파악하였고, 더 나아가 관람객들의 전시 관람 행동 패턴을 분석하기 위해 데이터마이닝 기법을 사용하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 전시 기획자에게 유용한 정보를 제공할 뿐만 아니라 참관객들이 원하는 정보를 원하는 방식으로 제공하는 개인화서비스를 가능하게 하여 궁극적으로 전시회 관람의 질과 만족도를 크게 향상시킬 수 있을 것이라고 기대한다.