Natural language processing applied in itinerary recommender systems
Andreea Dioşteanu, Liviu‐Adrian Cotfas, Alexandru Smeureanu, Ștefan Daniel Dumitrescu · WSEAS international conference on Applied Computer and Applied Computational Science · 2011
In this paper we present a mobile application based on a hybrid multi-objective genetic algorithm and Natural Language Processing that can be used by tourists to smartly generate itineraries. Besides allowing users to find interesting Points of Interest based on highly detailed information, the semantic search approach is also capable of providing recommendation without requiring a lot of information regarding the current user. A multi-objective genetic algorithm has been used in order to find Pareto-optimal solutions in near real-time for the itinerary problem. The proposed system requires minimum input from the user and it is easy to use, thus we can state that our solution is both complex and at the same time user-oriented.