Intelligent Decision-Support Systems for e-Tourism:: Using SPETA II as a Knowledge Management Platform for DMOs and e-Tourism Service Providers

International Journal of Decision Support System Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-48

  García Crespo, Angel ^a   Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^a   Gómez Berbís, Juan Miguel ^a   Chamizo, Javier ^a   Rivera, Ismael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Decision Support System; e Tourism; Recommendation Systems; Semantic Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001871877     PISSN: 19416296     EISSN: 1941630X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdsst.2010101603     Document Type: Article

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