Building an expert travel agent as a software agent

In this article, we present an expert software agent, named Traveller, that assists users in the tourism and travel domain. This agent combines collaborative filtering with content-based recommendations and demographic information about customers to suggest package holidays and tours. The combinatio...

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Published in:Expert systems with applications 2009-03, Vol.36 (2), p.1291-1299
Main Authors: Schiaffino, Silvia, Amandi, Analía
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