Pricing Strategy for a Smart-Tourist Area: Does Location Matters?

A strategy for implementing Smart Market pricing scheme on DiffServ

In this paper we present a baseline implementation strategy for the well-known Smart Market pricing scheme on diff-serv. Our strategy models Smart Market’s theoretically defined properties as much as possible. In order to suit diff-serv framework, we propose ways of focusing Smart Market’s complex operations at the edges while keeping the interior simple. Based on the proposed implementation st...

A free pricing strategy at a major tourist attraction: The Case of West Lake, China

This study analyzes an uncommon tourism attraction pricing phenomenon in China, known as “free West Lake”. West Lake Scenic District in Hangzhou is a World Heritage Site in China's most prosperous eastern region. Here, the admission fee was progressively removed and free access was introduced. This paper uses Chinese newspaper reports, official documents and academic articles to explore the evo...

STAR: a Smart Tourist Agenda Recommender

In this paper we claim that the new generation of Webbased systems should offer an intelligent and flexible support to their users, coupled with the ability to provide personalized solutions. We think that prolem solving techniques could be exploited to face this challenge. In particular, we present STAR, a Web-based system that exploits the configuration technology in order to support a touris...

Developing a Location Based Tourist Guide Application

This paper presents the development of the Tourist Guide, a location based tourist guide application for the outdoor environment. Our focus for this project is on software support for location based applications; we are not just interested in the location but also other elements of the user’s context, such as buildings in view, attractions and equipment near by, such as public telephones and to...

For Gene Activation, Location Matters