Pattern mining in tourist attraction visits through association rule learning on Bluetooth tracking data: A case study of Ghent, Belgium

Tourism Management

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-81

  Versichele, Mathias ^a   de Groote, Liesbeth ^a   Claeys Bouuaert, Manuel ^a   Neutens, Tijs ^a   Moerman, Ingrid ^a   Van de Weghe, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Association rule learning; Bluetooth tracking; Data mining; Tourist attraction visits

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; LEARNING; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRACKING;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

EID: 84896122269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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