Factors Influencing Touristic Demand and its Modelling Possibilities

Constantin, Secăreanu; Gruiescu, Mihaela; Ioanăş, Corina

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.203

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“…Additionally, in small group applications like IoTs, there is a need to arrive at collective requirements in real time. Previous research has primarily focused on requirements of large groups and has focused on requirement identification based on demographics, such as gender (Fletschner and Carter 2008 ), income (Constantin et al 2012 ; Ghafoor et al 2010 and Wadud et al 2009 ), or age (Sandfeld and Jensen 2005 ). Some research also takes into consideration environmental factors to explain the transition from implicit requirements to explicit ones (Cysneiros and Sampaio Do Prado Leite 2004 ; Wang and Zeng 2009 ; Boman et al 2012 ; Kazmierczak and Bogusz-Czerniewicz 2012 ).…”

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A conciliation mechanism for self-organizing dynamic small groups

Ren

Jain

2016

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A group of individuals, organizations or things in internet of things (IoT) often dynamically self-organizes in small groups to accomplish certain tasks. This is common in virtual organization, social networks and the evolving field of IoT. These small groups have different behavioral characteristics than large groups. Members individually have some requirements and contribute some resources to the group. The organization and operation of such a group requires dynamic identification of group requirements that can be fulfilled by available resources and is approved by the group. We apply design science methods to develop an artifact that helps in conciliation of collective requirements and resources of small groups while maintaining each member’s satisfaction. The mechanism also supports dynamic conciliation as members leave and new members join the group. Each member’s requirement is specified as an explicit/implicit objective that is feasible/not feasible based on resources available to the group and whether the requirement is in alignment with other members’ objectives. We validate the artifact by using it for a manufacturing service group and simulating the change in collective group requirements and resources as group membership changes dynamically.

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