Internet Service System Research Articles

Importancia de las relaciones con los públicos en la reputación en un destino turístico inteligente. Propuesta de un modelo sostenible / Importance of public relations for the reputation in a Smart Tourist Destination. A proposal of a sustainable model

Los destinos turísticos han experimentado cambios importantes en la última década como resultado de los avances en las Tecnologías de la Comunicación y la Información. Surgen así los destinos turísticos inteligentes que facilitan la interacción y la integración entre turistas y los ciudadanos facilitándoles una experiencia de calidad y sostenible para el destino. Como elemento innovador se propone en esta investigación la reputación como herramienta clave en la gestión de la competitividad de un destino turístico inteligente. Un método cualitativo aplicado a informantes claves de España y Reino Unido ha permitido elaborar un “modelo de evaluación de la reputación del destino” que incluye como factores: Brand Image Management, calidad de servicios, calidad de la experiencia y los sentimientos e Internet Service System for Tourist. Los resultados son útiles para responsables del diseño de políticas públicas, empresas turísticas y la comunidad universitaria. Palabras claves: Relaciones Públicas, Reputación, Destinos turísticos inteligentes, Comunicación, Turismo Abstract Tourism destinations have experienced important changes in the last decade as a result of innovations in information and communication technologies and the democratization of information by means of social media. Social networks, blogs and mobile social media have developed peer-to-peer communication and an ever more engaged and credible audience. At the end of the 20th Century destinations were studied in a radically different way, as all research was based on quality of service (QoS). Some destinations were gradually starting to consider brand value and the importance of managing it and were starting to include it in their research. There was a transition from spectacular images of never-ending solitary beaches, breathtaking waterfalls and towering skyscrapers to sensations and emotions. It was important for the destination to touch senses and reach heart. Tourists are looking for emotions and sensations. From then on, all communication has been based on sensations related to experiencing the destination. Social communication media such as Web 2.0 and social networks open up new ground for the Smart Tourism Destination, so that the tourists can be connected to the cloud, to the Internet of Things and to what has become the Internet Service System for Tourists (ISST). This allows tourists to create and sharing their own experiences. Users have an active role; they are now co-creators, co-communicators and recommendators of tourist experiences. Smart Tourism Destinations (STD) makes all processes symmetric and represents the end of unidirectionality. Communication with tourists through the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes total, fast, horizontal and real-time. Tourists can create their own experiences and this requires total digital support from the destination. These experiences are shared instantly with friends and relatives who are not there by social networks. This sharing experience gives the destination a notoriety that was inconceivable until now. Social media, specifically, emerged as the primary mechanism used by travellers when sharing their experiences. Previous researches show that destinations which present a positive and solid image to the potential tourist and, particularly, to their stakeholders, have greater chances of being chosen. This is because tourists choose their destination based on its reputation, rather than on real or objective information about it. It can be concluded that the image and brand place, which is part of reputation, is an extremely valuable concept when trying to understand the election process of a tourism destination. Smart tourism destinations favour tourist interaction and integration with the environment, thus providing a quality experience. The specific objectives of our study will be: a) to determine stakeholders and assess public relations actions through them to enhance the experiences and feelings of tourists as communicative elements and drivers of tourist destinations; b) to develop a sustainable model of intelligent tourist destinations interpreting the aspects of a quadruple innovation helix framework. As an innovative element, this research proposes that reputation become a key tool for the generation of value in the management of the competitiveness of an intelligent tourist destination. The research revealed the three elements of reputation: emotional attraction to services, emotional attraction to the tourism destination and sense of belonging based on corporate culture. Thus, the findings of this study identify specific reputation factors that can be used in Smart Tourism Destinations (STD): Business Image Management (BIM), Quality of Service (QoS), Internet Service System for Tourists (ISST) based on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Quality of Experience (QoE). The results are useful for Destination Management Organizations (DMO) in charge of formulating public policies, local tourism-related businesses, travel intermediaries and the host community. Likewise, it is a tool for diagnosing the success of public relations programs. Keywords: Public Relation, Reputation, Smart Tourism Destinations, Comunicación, Tourism

Influence of Computer Literacy Skill and Online Searching On Undergraduates’ Use of Academic Materials in Babcock University Library

The exponential growth of information resources on the Web have necessitate the need for computer literacy and online searching skills to enhance easy access to and use of academic materials in university libraries for more productivity. The study adopted a Survey research design. Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study, and descriptive statistical method was used in analyzing the data collected and simple random sampling techniques were used to administer the questionnaire. The findings revealed that 88% of the respondents are computer literate which they acquire mainly through formal computer and IT training programme and are proficient on the use of Microsoft word, PowerPoint and Excel. Also, the study shows that majority of the students don’t use Boolean logic in search of academic materials online. And that low speed access, inadequate computer system in the library and fluctuation of Internet services are the major challenges. The study recommends that university libraries should provide proper training on online searching skill, efficient Internet service and adequate computer system in the library.

Personalized Nutrition Intervention for Weight Control With Korean Foods via Internet Service System

People with obesity or over-weight need nutritional intervention to reduce their weight, because weight loss reduces the incidence rate of chronic diseases such as hypertension, type Ⅱ diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer in obese people. This study was to develop a system for individualized weight control program available both for wired and wireless internet users. This system is especially useful to users carrying wireless internet mobile device. If they input their physical information (height, weight and waist circumference) and mineral levels measured by hair tissue mineral analysis, the system provides evaluation of their health status and metabolic related functions such as endocrine and carbohydrate tolerance. Based on these evaluations, food menus are then offered to them to manage their health status and to improve their metabolic related physiological functions in a personalized way. The system also provides more information for recommended foods, such as nutritional information, food ingredients, recipes, and videos related to cooking. Bibimbap was selected as an example dish for customized contents for mobile web. Bibimbap is one of the most well-known Korean traditional dishes prepared with various kinds of ingredients including several different kinds of vegetables, meat, and egg so that it is a low calorie dish as well as a well-balanced diet. Therefore, this system developed in this study allows the mobile users to access web site through wiredㆍwireless internet everywhere and provides a customized content to the users to manage their weight and finally to achieve a desirable weight.

Performance Analysis for a System of Connection Oriented Internet Service with a Release Delay

In this paper, we propose the use of a discrete-time connection oriented Internet service system with a release delay for broadband, high-speed, high-capacity and high-reliability Internet requirements. The release delay called close-delay is set before the release process of a connection. An upper limit length T called timer length is set as a system parameter for the close-delay period. We build a batch arrival Geom*/G/1 queue model with a setup/close-delay/close-down strategy to characterize the system operation. By using a discrete-time imbedded Markov chain approach, we derive the stationary distribution of the system, and present the formula for Probability Generation Functions of the queue length, waiting time, busy period and busy cycle. Correspondingly, we describe the performance measures for the packet response time, setup ratio, and utility of connection. We also develop a cost model to determine the optimal timer length and its expected optimal cost. Based on numerical results, we discuss the influence of the timer length for the close-delay period on the system performance and investigate the minimum timer length and the minimum cost for different offered loads and different burst degrees, and show that the choice of the timer length is significant in improving the system performance.

Circle quorum system-based non-stop network service model.

Rapid developments in network systems of business service have resulted in more reliance on distributed computing, typified by "subscriber/push" architectures. Unfortunately, frequent and unexpectable network failures were routine, and downtime was not in hours, but in days. High availability has become the most important factor decreasing business risk and improving Quality of Service. Cluster technology has solved the non-stop problem on Local Area Network. However, most technologies including cluster today fail to ensure the non-stop Internet service based on Routers. With good performance on high availability and fault tolerance, quorum systems are very suitable for application to distributed business service networks. In this work, we modeled and developed a non-stop Internet service system based on a new quorum system, circle quorum system, for Boston Mutual Fund Broker, US. With five protocols, it provided highly available data services for clients on Internet.

Performance test and analysis for an adaptive load balancing mechanism on distributed server cluster systems

As the next generation of Internet services requires more highly scalable and available server systems, the cost-effective cluster of a large number of distributed computers becomes a popular solution. In this paper, we investigate to design and develop a server load balancing mechanism on cluster architecture, called the ALBM cluster. In order to construct the more scalable and reliable Internet service system, the ALBM cluster system consists of independent but co-operable components. The ALBM cluster system supports adaptive load balancing among servers via its adaptive load balancer (ALB) component in Layer 4 level and Layer 7 level. The Management Station (M-Station) and the Administrator Console are in charge of cluster management, system configuration management, and performance counter management. The Node Service is a system-level agent that is deployed into a server node. The node management and cluster management are the major tasks of the agent. Beside, the ALBM cluster is a flexible open system whose features of functionality can change or be easily expanded without affecting the rest of the system. In this paper, we also present a set of our experimental results to compare the performance of the ALBM cluster with that of LVS scheduling cluster system. We compare performance results of the ALBM with RR, LC, and WLC scheduling algorithms of a LVS cluster in both of homogeneous and heterogeneous system environments.

Impact of the high‐speed Internet on user behaviors: case study in Korea

The growth of Internet usage, spurred by rapidly advancing network technologies, has been bringing about broad changes in customer behaviors related to the Internet, attitudes toward the traditional mass media, and satisfaction. This study attempts to investigate what types of changes have been made in Korea due to the transition of the networking environment. According to the findings, Internet users with a high‐speed Internet service system tend to enjoy various kinds of services, including e‐mail, and depend less on the traditional media, such as TV and radio, for information and entertainment. They also have an increased level of satisfaction in the dimension of convenience.

Emerging styles of social control on the internet: Justice denied

The rapid growth of the Internet during the past 10 years has resulted in many disagreements over who should have the power to make and enforce the rules of on-line content and conduct and what form, such rules and enforcement should take— informal or formal. The extremes at which each of these potentially complementary systems of social control are currently practiced have contributed to an atmosphere of inconsistency, contradiction, uncertainty, and excessive discretion amongst state agencies, Internet service providers, system operators, and Internet users. If the Internet is to serve as a major communication, entertainment, and information medium in the 21st Century, a system is needed that integrates the strengths of both informal and formal systems of control while respecting the social, intellectual, and political freedom of the Internet community.

Infomarker — A new Internet information service system

As the web grows, the massive increase in information is placing severe burdens on information retrieval and sharing. Automated search engines and directories with small editorial staff are unable to keep up with the increasing submission of web sites. To address the problem, this paper presents Infomarker — an Internet information service system based onOpen Directory andZero-Keyword Inquiry. TheOpen Directory sets up a net-community in which the increasing netcitizens can each organize a small portion of the web and present it to the others. By means ofZero-Keyword Inquiry, user can get the information he is interested in without inputting any keyword that is often required by search engines. In Infomarker, user can record the web address he likes and can put forward an information request based on his web records. The information matching engine checks the information in theOpen Directory to find what fits user’s needs and adds it to user’s web address records. The key to the matching process islayered keyword mapping. Informarker provides people with a whole new approach to getting information and shows a wide prospect.

An OFDM-Based System with Dynamic Packet Assignment and InterferenceSuppression for Advanced Cellular Internet Service

Future wireless networks are expected to employ packet access with high peak-bandwidths demands. This will impose a significant challenge for frequency reuse, especially for services deployed in a wide area. A dynamic packet assignment (DPA) method [1] has been proposed as a key component of the MAC protocol for an OFDM-based Advanced Cellular Internet Service (ACIS) system [2], which is targeted for applications such as Web browsing, with a peak downlink transmission rate on the order of 1 Mb/s using a wide-area cellular infrastructure. This method is able to allocate radio resources on a packet time scale and reassign them in about 100 msec, thereby gaining advantages in both statistical multiplexing of packet access and spectrum efficiency of dynamic channel assingment (DCA). In [1], it was shown that closed-loop SIR-based power control combined with DPA can achieve very high spectrum efficiency. However, the overhead required for power control iteration significantly reduces effective throughput. The contribution of this paper is two-fold: (1) Interference suppression is considered as an alternative for performance enhancement. (2) A detailed system description, for both downlink and uplink, is given to show how OFDM, DPA and interference suppression can be combined to support future high-speed wireless packet data services [3].

Comparison of ERL Internet Service and ERL Server System

Comparison of ERL Internet Service and ERL Server System