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Main Authors: Pereira, Rickson Simioni, Di Sipio, Claudio, De Sanctis, Martina, Iovino, Ludovico
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11575
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author Pereira, Rickson Simioni
Di Sipio, Claudio
De Sanctis, Martina
Iovino, Ludovico
author_facet Pereira, Rickson Simioni
Di Sipio, Claudio
De Sanctis, Martina
Iovino, Ludovico
contents Travel Recommender Systems TRSs have been proposed to ease the burden of choice in the travel domain by providing valuable suggestions based on user preferences Despite the broad similarities in functionalities and data provided by TRSs these systems are significantly influenced by the diverse and heterogeneous contexts in which they operate This plays a crucial role in determining the accuracy and appropriateness of the travel recommendations they deliver For instance in contexts like smart cities and natural parks diverse runtime informationsuch as traffic conditions and trail status respectivelyshould be utilized to ensure the delivery of pertinent recommendations aligned with user preferences within the specific context However there is a trend to build TRSs from scratch for different contexts rather than supporting developers with configuration approaches that promote reuse minimize errors and accelerate timetomarket To illustrate this gap in this paper we conduct a systematic mapping study to examine the extent to which existing TRSs are configurable for different contexts The conducted analysis reveals the lack of configuration support assisting TRSs providers in developing TRSs closely tied to their operational context Our findings shed light on uncovered challenges in the domain thus fostering future research focused on providing new methodologies enabling providers to handle TRSs configurations
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spellingShingle On the Need for Configurable Travel Recommender Systems: A Systematic Mapping Study
Pereira, Rickson Simioni
Di Sipio, Claudio
De Sanctis, Martina
Iovino, Ludovico
Software Engineering
Travel Recommender Systems TRSs have been proposed to ease the burden of choice in the travel domain by providing valuable suggestions based on user preferences Despite the broad similarities in functionalities and data provided by TRSs these systems are significantly influenced by the diverse and heterogeneous contexts in which they operate This plays a crucial role in determining the accuracy and appropriateness of the travel recommendations they deliver For instance in contexts like smart cities and natural parks diverse runtime informationsuch as traffic conditions and trail status respectivelyshould be utilized to ensure the delivery of pertinent recommendations aligned with user preferences within the specific context However there is a trend to build TRSs from scratch for different contexts rather than supporting developers with configuration approaches that promote reuse minimize errors and accelerate timetomarket To illustrate this gap in this paper we conduct a systematic mapping study to examine the extent to which existing TRSs are configurable for different contexts The conducted analysis reveals the lack of configuration support assisting TRSs providers in developing TRSs closely tied to their operational context Our findings shed light on uncovered challenges in the domain thus fostering future research focused on providing new methodologies enabling providers to handle TRSs configurations
title On the Need for Configurable Travel Recommender Systems: A Systematic Mapping Study
topic Software Engineering
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11575