Assessment of factors affecting tourism satisfaction using K-nearest neighborhood and random forest models.

Journal: BMC research notes
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify factors affecting the satisfaction of tourists traveling to the city of Hamadan as Asian urban tourism capital in 2018. The data a random sample of 300 tourists were collected using a designed questionnaire. We applied random-forest and K-nearest-neighborhood methods to analyze the data.

Authors

  • Leili Tapak
    Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
  • Hamed Abbasi
    Department of Geography, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran. abbasi.h@lu.ac.ir.
  • Hamid Mirhashemi
    Department of Geography, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran.