Journal of Tourism & Hospitality
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Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Chania 731 00, Greece

Biography

Dr. Ioanna Atsalaki is a researcher in the Department of Production Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Crete (TUC) in Chania, Greece. Her research focuses on technological forecasting, particularly in the tourism sector, utilizing fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy systems.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Using the Type-2 Fuzzy Algorithm to Forecast the Success of a New Tourism Service
  Author(s): Fotios Kitsios, Ioanna Atsalaki, George S. Atsalakis* and Constantin Zopounidis
  
  This research introduces a novel approach for forecasting the success of new tourism services by employing a Type-2 Fuzzy algorithm optimized through the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) method. Interval Type-2 Fuzzy sets have been utilized to manage uncertainties more effectively. While existing studies have employed a range of techniques, including model-based approaches, to predict the success of a new service, this study integrates the Type-2 Fuzzy algorithm with other computational techniques to form a hybrid system. This integration enhances the predictive accuracy over that of individual methods. The data for this analysis was derived from a survey that examined the variables that were deemed critical to launching a new tourism service. A selection method was applied to cycle through all possible inputs in order to identify the two most significant ones. The final model was tr.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0269.24.13.550

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