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Title:
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USING COMMON SENSE FOR IMPROVING CONTEXT-AWARE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE TOURISM DOMAIN |
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Author(s):
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B. De Carolis , I. Mazzotta , N. Novelli , V. Silvestri |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-93-5 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Bebo White and Miguel Baptista Nunes |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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1 |
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Keywords:
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Mobile web applications, personalization, common sense. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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359 |
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Last Page:
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366 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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Mobile tourism is a fervid application domain for methods able to generate context-aware recommendations. In this paper
we describe MyMap, a mobile web application which provides personalized recommendations about objects of interest in
the Tourism Domain according to the users situation and to the context. In order to achieve this aim, the
recommendation engine of the system exploits the following main knowledge sources: the user profile, that is formalized
in order to express situational statements, the current context and common sense knowledge. The combination of these
three elements allows providing appropriate suggestions even when the knowledge about users preferences in a given
situation is incomplete. For instance, if it is raining recommendations about open-air places should be avoided, even if the
user strongly prefers them and she has not expressed any preference about alternatives. |
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