Allotment Problem in Travel Industry: A Solution Based on ASP

In the travel industry it is common for tour operators to pre-book from service suppliers blocks of package tours, which are called allotments in jargon. The selection of package tours is done according to several preference criteria aimed at maximizing the expected earnings given a budget. In this...

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Published inWeb Reasoning and Rule Systems Vol. 9209; pp. 77 - 92
Main Authors Dodaro, Carmine, Leone, Nicola, Nardi, Barbara, Ricca, Francesco
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2015
Springer International Publishing
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Aggregate Function
Allotment Problem
Data mining
Information retrieval
Travel Agency
Travel Salesman Problem
Weak Constraint
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ISBN3319220012
9783319220017
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-22002-4_7

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Summary:In the travel industry it is common for tour operators to pre-book from service suppliers blocks of package tours, which are called allotments in jargon. The selection of package tours is done according to several preference criteria aimed at maximizing the expected earnings given a budget. In this paper we formalize an allotment problem that abstracts the requirements of a real travel agent, and we solve it using Answer Set Programming. The obtained specification is executable, and it implements an advanced feature of the iTravel+ system.
Bibliography:This work has been partially supported by the Calabrian Region under PIA project iTravelPlus POR FESR Calabria 2007–2013.
ISBN:3319220012
9783319220017
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-22002-4_7