User and Group Profiling in Touristic Web Portals Through Social Networks Analysis

Silvia Rossi, Francesco Barile, Antonio Caso

2015

Abstract

Touristic Web Portals can be considered windows on cultural cities. By providing all the necessary information in one single portal, the user is free to decide her/his preferred items/activities without the need of consulting different information sources. However, this kind of interface introduces the typical information overload problem. In this work, we present our framework for profiling both a single user and a group of users that relies on a not intrusive analysis of the users’ behaviors on social networks/media. By using data drawn from social networks, it is possible to obtain useful indirect information to profile occasional users. Moreover, the analysis of the behavior of small close groups on social networks may help an automatic system in the merge of the different preferences the users may have, simulating somehow a decision process similar to a natural interaction. In this direction, our aim is to identify key users taking in account concepts from research on users’ connectivity and on users’ communication activity.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rossi S., Barile F. and Caso A. (2015). User and Group Profiling in Touristic Web Portals Through Social Networks Analysis . In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-758-106-9, pages 455-465. DOI: 10.5220/0005448704550465

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist15,
author={Silvia Rossi and Francesco Barile and Antonio Caso},
title={User and Group Profiling in Touristic Web Portals Through Social Networks Analysis},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2015},
pages={455-465},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005448704550465},
isbn={978-989-758-106-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - User and Group Profiling in Touristic Web Portals Through Social Networks Analysis
SN - 978-989-758-106-9
AU - Rossi S.
AU - Barile F.
AU - Caso A.
PY - 2015
SP - 455
EP - 465
DO - 10.5220/0005448704550465