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Internet marketing management in the South African tourism industry : utilisation of the South African luxury hotel industry
Jansen van Rensburg, C. J. - 2008
the South African tourism industry. Furthermore, the hotel industry is analysed to establish how the introduction of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442058
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Destination management in the South Bohemian region
Škodová Parmová, Dagmar - 2012
For a healthy development of tourism and all activities in the frame of this industry in the region it is necessary to …. The negative aspects of mass tourism e.g. transport pollution and seasonal price increase, must be balanced by positive … sides of tourism. For this task it is necessary to find a complex solution of this situation - destination management. …
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The employment of Virtual Reality in tourism-oriented online communication: an economics of information perspective
Herstell, Jan - 2008
rasantes Wachstum erfahren und dazu geführt, dass im Bereich des internetbasierten Tourismus eine besonders ausgeprägte … Virtual Reality (VR) im Tourismus die Ausnahme und wird damit nicht gezielt genutzt, um Informationen dreidimensional und … transformieren und die nachfragerseitige Bedeutung der Vertrauenseigenschaften mindern kann. Somit kann in der im Tourismus …
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Tourism, Climate Change and the Coastal Zone
Hamilton, Jacqueline Margaret - 2005
pattern of tourism demand. Despite the cultural and economic importance of tourism and its overwhelming dependence on climatic … factors, relatively few studies have tackled the impact of climate change on tourism. In particular there are few quantitative … studies on the effect that climate change will have on tourism. The aim of this thesis is to fill the research gap and so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449713
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Active Sampling for Class Probability Estimation and Ranking
Provost, Foster; Saar-Tsechansky, Maytal - 2004
Abstract. In many cost-sensitive environments class probabilityestimates are used by decision makers to evaluate the expected utilityfrom a set of alternatives. Supervised learning can be used to buildclass probability estimates; however, it often is very costly to obtaintraining data with class...
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Using decision trees in economizer repair decision making
Sun, Yong; Ma, Lin; Robinson, Warwick; Fidge, Colin J. - 2010
The economiser is a critical component for efficient operation of coal-fired power stations. It consists of a large system of water-filled tubes which extract heat from the exhaust gases. When it fails, usually due to erosion causing a leak, the entire power station must be shut down to effect...
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Business failure prediction using decision trees
Gepp, Adrian; Kumar, Kuldeep; Bhattacharya, Sukanto - 2009
Accurate business failure prediction models would be extremely valuable to many industry sectors, particularly financial investment and lending. The potential value of such models is emphasised by the extremely costly failure of high-profile companies in the recent past. Consequently, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441694
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Defining Hierarchical Decision Trees for Encarsia Formosa Strategies from Greenhouse Tomato Consultants' Perspectives
Singgih, Shinta; Gray, David I.; Cameron, Ewen - 2003
Market pressure is forcing New Zealand greenhouse tomato growers to shift from conventional to more environmentally-friendly pest control methods such as IPM (Integrated Pest Management). Growers can access IPM manuals, but these tend to provide generalized advice, which they find difficult to...
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Bridging the gap between different statistical approaches: An integrated framework for modelling
Kuhnert, PM; Mengersen, K; Tesar, P - 2003
This paper proposes a template for modelling complex datasets that integrates traditional statistical modelling approaches with more recent advances in statistics and modelling through an exploratory framework. Our approach builds on the well-known and long standing traditional idea of 'good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448036
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Financial Applications of Classification and Regression Trees
Andriyashin, Anton - 2005
This study gives an outline of modern theory of classification and regression trees (CART) and shows the advantages of CART applications in finance. Practical issues regarding CART applications and core implementation are presented. The second part of the work is mainly concentrated on DAX30...
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