A method for controlling crowd flow by changing recommender information on navigation application
International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications
ISSN: 1742-7371
Article publication date: 4 April 2016
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to control the crowd flow naturally by presenting appropriate information.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors developed a navigation application for an event held in Osaka called “Osaka Mizube Bar”, and divided users into three groups to present different information in restaurants’ view list.
Findings
The results of the experiment confirmed that users will focus on the position of the rank list, regardless of the information for each item.
Originality/value
This paper used persuasive technology in information presentation for event application.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
This research was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) from the Japan Science and Technology Agency and by a Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (25540084) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Citation
Shen, R., Terada, T. and Tsukamoto, M. (2016), "A method for controlling crowd flow by changing recommender information on navigation application", International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 87-106. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPCC-01-2016-0007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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