Constraint-based personalised configuring of product and service bundles
by Markus Zanker, Markus Aschinger, Markus Jessenitschnig
International Journal of Mass Customisation (IJMASSC), Vol. 3, No. 4, 2010

Abstract: The configuring of product bundles such as tourism packages, financial services or compatible skin care products is a synthesis task that requires the support of a knowledgeable information system. We propose a personalised constraint-based configuration approach that is capable of solving such tasks in e-commerce environments. Here, a knowledge-based configurator is hybridised with collaborative methods from the domain of recommender systems in order to exploit user preferences to guide the problem solving process through large product spaces. The system implementation is based on a service-oriented architecture and the Choco open source constraint solver. It supports a model-driven approach for knowledge base design, acquisition and maintenance. An evaluation of the system suggests that it can solve realistic problem instances within an acceptable period of time.

Online publication date: Mon, 20-Dec-2010

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Mass Customisation (IJMASSC):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com