Title :
Adding Constraints and Flexible Preferences in Travel Reservation Systems
Author :
Benferhat, Salem ; Boudjlida, A.
Author_Institution :
Centre de Rech. en Inf. de Lens (CRIL), Univ. d´´Artois, Lens, France
Abstract :
Preferences play an important role in many applications. This paper focuses on the use of preferences in travel agency systems such as E-travel system. We show that adding flexible constraints and preferences allows to reach solutions that better fit users´s desires. We study simple languages for expressing preferences and queries. We then provide criteria to rank-order solutions returned by a travel agency system. Lastly, we provide experimental results showing the merits of our approach.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; query processing; travel industry; e-travel system; flexible constraint addition; flexible preference addition; rank-order solutions; travel agency systems; travel reservation systems; Airports; Cities and towns; Companies; Database languages; Laboratories; USA Councils; constraints; references; travel reservation;
Conference_Titel :
Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), 2011 23rd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boca Raton, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2068-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1082-3409
DOI :
10.1109/ICTAI.2011.181