CALL FOR PAPERS
INFOS 2008
The 6th
International Conference on Informatics and Systems
27 – 29 March, 2008
Special Track
On
Data Mining and
Computer Modeling
in
the Tourism Industry
The tourism industry is a major contributor to the economy of many countries and is faced by multiple challenges. Tourism is a complex industry where many factors affect its operation and a huge amount of significant data is collected. Decision makers need to be supported by the right decision tools to make the right decisions based on a proper interpretation of the data.
Data mining and machine learning techniques can be effectively used for the purpose of helping decision makers to increase the revenue generated from the tourism industry. The purpose of this special track is to bring together researchers from diverse communities working on computational methods that can be of high value for the field of the Tourism Industry to present and discuss the latest state of the art in this field.
Topics
The following is a non-exhaustive
list of topics covered by the track:
· Forecasting models and time series prediction
· Neural Network Models for Time series prediction
· Forecast combination
· Optimization and price setting
· Dynamic Price setting Models for Hotels
· Decision support tools and Judgmental forecasting
· Future Studies and Impact of catastrophic events
· Hotel Revenue Management
· Tourism demand forecast
Invited Speaker
Dr. Edgar Goll Senior Researcher.
Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT) Berlin
Track Chair
Hisham El Shishiny
Advanced Technology and Center for Advanced Studies
Track Co-Chair
Nemat El-Gayyar,
Faculty of
Computers and Information,
Program Committee
Amir
Ali Hadi, Egypt/USA
Edgar G?ll ,
Haiyan Song,
Rong-Chang
Chen,
For further information
Dr. Neamat El Gayar, n.elgayar@fci-cu.edu.eg