American Journal of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2017

  • Influence of the Seasonal Factor on the Long-Distance Passenger Correspondence

    Dolia Kostiantyn

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2017
    Pages: 96-101
    Received: Oct. 09, 2017
    Accepted: Oct. 23, 2017
    Published: Dec. 12, 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajdmkd.20170204.11
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    Abstract: The process of transportation of passengers on inter-regional routes of general use is investigated in the article. It is established that long-distance passenger transport correspondences have fluctuations that are observed in time. Such variations can be attributed to changes in the volumes or directions of passenger transportation during the day... Show More
  • Generalized Grey Target Decision Method Based on Decision Makers’ Indifference Attribute Value Preferences

    Ma Jinshan

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2017
    Pages: 102-108
    Received: Oct. 18, 2017
    Accepted: Oct. 31, 2017
    Published: Dec. 15, 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajdmkd.20170204.12
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    Abstract: In multi-attribute grey target decision making, decision makers may have indifference preferences towards some attribute values such that some superior index values are no different within a small scope or some inferior index values are indifference within a small range. So the target centre domain consisting of some superior values and the target ... Show More
  • Chinese Individualist Travels in Taiwan: Must Go VS. Want to Go

    Cheng-Hsi Fang

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2017
    Pages: 109-113
    Received: Oct. 12, 2017
    Accepted: Nov. 01, 2017
    Published: Dec. 18, 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajdmkd.20170204.13
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    Abstract: This study examined the relationship between tourist attractions in Taiwan among backpackers from Mainland China. In particular, we collected itineraries shared online by backpackers. The collected data were analyzed using content analysis and SNA. Comparison of where they want to go and where they actually go reveals interesting insights that are ... Show More
  • The Horizon of Information Sharing at Makerere University: Multimedia, Audiovisual and the Linked Open Data

    Onan Mulumba, Alison Annet Kinengyere, Winny Nekesa Akullo

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2017
    Pages: 114-120
    Received: Oct. 19, 2017
    Accepted: Nov. 03, 2017
    Published: Dec. 25, 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajdmkd.20170204.14
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    Abstract: Makerere University has, in the recent past, climbed up the academic and research ranks, globally, and this has been supported by excellent information services, covering all available information resource formats and targeting users in the university community with varying information needs and information seeking behaviour. The metadata of such u... Show More