Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 15:17:32 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 17:58:02 GMT Content-length: 3293 Automated Travel Assistant

The Automated Travel Assistant is a current research project by the Artificial Intelligence group in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. The Automated Travel Assistant is being developed in cooperation with the Internet Travel Network and the American Airlines SABRE group.

Real time airline flight data is generously being provided by ITN.

ATA models the dialogue between a travel agent and client. The system minimizes the amount of information initialized specified by the user, offers several example flights from the large space of potential flights, and assists the user in iteratively refining his expressed preferences until an optimal flight is found.

Future enhancements include offering advice and recommending alternative flight itineraries, enhancements to the UI for specifying preferences, and a more sophisticated model of the cost and value of information.


The applet takes approximately one minute to load. Queries typically take approximately 2-5 minutes to hit the database, processes the trips, and display the results.


You're not Java capable! Sorry, no cool applets for you.


Under construction...

This applet is a prototype of the system. The interaction with the system is currently limited to modifying the price and airline constraints at the trip level and price, airline, and airport constraints at the flight level.
Keep an eye on this place. Changes should be happening rapidly.



Greg Linden glinden@cs.washington.edu
Steve Hanks hanks@cs.washington.edu
Last modified: 8/1/96



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