This article reviews a selected set of location–based services (LBS) that have been
published in the research literature, focussing on mobile guides, transport support, gaming …

Due to the nature of the tourism product (inherently experiential, intangible, and
heterogeneous) and the substantial geographical distances, trial prior to the purchase …

Mobile tourist guides have been in the spot light for the past decade and are becoming
increasingly available in various forms to tourists visiting places. The majority of these …

In this chapter, we present an overview of mobile guides that rely on maps or map-like
representations in providing their services. We discuss technical issues as well as problems …

In this paper, we propose UbiCicero, a multi-device, location-aware museum guide able to
opportunistically exploit large screens when users are nearby. Various types of games are …

This chapter is about personalization and adaptation in electronic commerce (e-commerce)
applications. In the first part, we briefly introduce the challenges posed by e-commerce and …

When designing a usability evaluation, choices must be made regarding methods and
techniques for data collection and analysis. Mobile guides raise new concerns and …

Intelligent adaptation is a key issue for the design of flexible support systems for mobile
users. In this paper we present UbiquiTO, a tourist guide which integrates different forms of …

Increasing the share of multimodal journeys is becoming more and more urgent in our
society in order to guarantee a high level of mobility in the long term. While car drivers are …

The quality of location information is an important factor for location-based services (LBSs).
In the literature, the quality of location information has been defined in different ways based …