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21st International Conference on Advanced Networking and Applications (AINA '07)
pp. 142-149
A Virtual Travel Agent System for M-Tourism with Semantic Web Service Based Design and Implementation
Yves T.F. Yueh, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Dickson K.W. Chiu, Dickson Computer Systems, 7A Victory Avenue, Hong Kong
Ho-fung Leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Patrick C. K. Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
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With the recent advances in Internet and mobile technologies
and infrastructures, there are increasing demands
for ubiquitous access to tourist information systems
for service coordination and integration. However,
disparate tourist information and service resources such
as airlines, hotels, tour operators, etc., make it difficult
for tourist to use them effectively when planning their
trips and/or during their trips. Motivated by the emerging
technologies of Multi-Agent Information System
(MAIS) and its ability to aid Internet and mobile users,
together with semantic Web that can effectively organize
information and service resources. In this paper, we
propose a Virtual Travel Agent System (VTAS), which is
built upon these technologies. In this paper, we formulate
a scalable, flexible, and intelligent MAIS architecture
for VTAS with agent clusters based on a case study
of a large service-oriented travel agency. Agent clusters
may comprise several types of agents to achieve the
goals of the major processes of a tourist’s trip. We show
how agents can make use of ontology from the semantic
web help tourists better plan, understand, and specify
their requirements. We further illustrate how this can be
successfully implemented with Web service technologies
to integrate disparate Internet tourist resources.
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Citation:
Yves T.F. Yueh, Dickson K.W. Chiu, Ho-fung Leung, Patrick C. K. Hung,
"A Virtual Travel Agent System for M-Tourism with Semantic Web Service Based Design and Implementation,"
aina,
pp. 142-149,
21st International Conference on Advanced Networking and Applications (AINA '07),
2007
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