Designing the next generation of mobile tourism application based on situation awareness

2012 Southeast Asian Network of Ergonomics Societies Conference: Ergonomics Innovations Leveraging User Experience and Sustainability, SEANES 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lim, Tek Yong ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

context awareness; mobile tourism application; situation awareness; traveling phases

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT- AWARENESS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SITUATION AWARENESS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TOUR GUIDE; TOURISM APPLICATION; TOURISM INDUSTRY; TRAVELING PHASES;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84868288130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEANES.2012.6299599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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