Conceptual design & demonstration of a portable tourist information system

To solve problems that tourists might encounter and to help them enjoy to the fullest their stay in Singapore, a tourist information system was developed. To ensure a usable system, a user-centered design approach was applied in its development. A user requirements survey was thus conducted to deter...

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Main Author: Xu, Hui
Other Authors: Lim, Kee Yong
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13466
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-134662023-03-11T16:56:36Z Conceptual design & demonstration of a portable tourist information system Xu, Hui Lim, Kee Yong School of Mechanical and Production Engineering Fok, Sai Cheong DRNTU::Engineering::Systems engineering To solve problems that tourists might encounter and to help them enjoy to the fullest their stay in Singapore, a tourist information system was developed. To ensure a usable system, a user-centered design approach was applied in its development. A user requirements survey was thus conducted to determine tourist interests with respect to the aim of their trip, age, gender and culture & nationality. The results indicated that tourists were interested mainly in tour attractions, shopping, culture, maps, food and hotels. On the basis of the survey results, system functions were defined. Master of Engineering (MPE) 2008-10-20T08:19:32Z 2008-10-20T08:19:32Z 1999 1999 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13466 en 196 p. application/pdf
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Conceptual design & demonstration of a portable tourist information system
description To solve problems that tourists might encounter and to help them enjoy to the fullest their stay in Singapore, a tourist information system was developed. To ensure a usable system, a user-centered design approach was applied in its development. A user requirements survey was thus conducted to determine tourist interests with respect to the aim of their trip, age, gender and culture & nationality. The results indicated that tourists were interested mainly in tour attractions, shopping, culture, maps, food and hotels. On the basis of the survey results, system functions were defined.
author2 Lim, Kee Yong
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title Conceptual design & demonstration of a portable tourist information system
title_short Conceptual design & demonstration of a portable tourist information system
title_full Conceptual design & demonstration of a portable tourist information system
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