B028007 - STATISTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR TOURISM

English

This course intends to present tools and methodology for decision supporting information systems designing and management. The main topics include: conceptual and semantic models, metadata information systems, information systems for processes representation, the relational approach for space and temporal data representation, the importance to synthetize information to support decisions, the state of the art of tourism information and indicators, the geographical visualization of tourism data.

PART 1 (6 Credits- Martelli)
Texts prepared by the teacher
PART 2 (3 Credits - Fusco)
Texts prepared by the teacher

Part 1 - (6 Credits - Martelli)
To acquire capacities and competencies in complex problems analysis and representation.
To be able to design and manage simple instruments for the information management.
To be able to have a competent relationship with IT consultants and professionals.

Part 2 - (3 Credits - Fusco)
To be able to define and construct composite indicators to monitor competitiveness and sustainability.
To be able to visualize and discuss results in Power BI.
An Indicator System contributes to improving the sustainable management of destinations, and helps stakeholders to measure and monitor their sustainability management processes, and enable them to share and benchmark their progress and performance in the future.

Basic informatics.

Part 1 (Martelli)
Traditional, oral

Part 2 (Fusco)
Traditional, oral

Part 1 - (6 Credits - Martelli)
Discussion of a short paper, oral test

Part 2 - (3 Credits - Fusco)
Project work and presentation

Part1 - (6 Credits - Martelli)
• from language to information models
conceptualizing sustainability and competitivity in tourism
• temporal reasoning
• the spatial dimension of decision supporting information systems
• the role of ontologies in decision supporting information systems
• information models for processes representation
• beyond the relational approach: conceptual models for aggregated data
• how to model information systems in support of tourism decision and politics evaluation

Part 2 - (3 Credits – Fusco)
• the synthesis of information through composite indicators
• the state of the art of tourism information and indicators
• the importance of geographic representation of tourism data
• creating dashboards with Power BI to visualize results

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