Culinary Recommendation Application Based on User Preferences Using Fuzzy Topsis

Abstract

Culinary tourism is the experience of finding and enjoying unique and impressive food and drinks in a new region. Each region has a unique food flavor and can be the right choice for culinary tourists who want to try new experiences regarding taste. Differences in tourist preferences in choosing culinary regions sometimes become obstacles in finding a suitable place. Price, distance, facilities, menu variations, and halalness are some of the things that tourists consider in choosing culinary locations. Therefore, it is essential to accommodate tourist preferences to produce appropriate recommendations because the characteristics of tourists in determining their favorite culinary places are very subjective and varied. This study aims to develop a culinary recommendation system based on user preferences using Fuzzy TOPSIS as a recommendation method. Ten criteria can be selected, and their weight value determined by the user. The final result of the recommendation system is an alternative culinary location ranking and map location, along with detailed culinary location information. Result evaluation shows that the system is suitable and useful for users. This study proposes some new criteria that have not been used in other research.
 ABSTRAK: Pelancongan masakan merupakan pengalaman mencari dan menikmati makanan dan minuman yang unik dan menarik di sesebuah daerah. Setiap daerah mempunyai rasa unik makanan dan boleh menjadi pilihan tepat untuk pelancong yang ingin mencuba pengalaman baru mengenai rasa. Perbezaan pilihan pelancong dalam memilih tempat masakan kadang-kadang menjadi halangan dalam mencari tempat sesuai. Harga, jarak, kemudahan, variasi menu, dan makanan halal merupakan beberapa faktor yang dilihat pelancong dalam memilih lokasi kulinari. Oleh itu, sokongan cadangan untuk pelancong membuat pilihan adalah penting kerana pilihan makanan adalah sangat subjektif dan berbeza-beza. Kajian ini bertujuan bagi membangunkan sistem cadangan masakan mengikut pilihan pengguna dengan menggunakan kaedah Fuzzy TOPSIS. Sepuluh kriteria boleh dipilih mengikut keutamaan. Matlamat akhir sistem ini adalah sebagai pilihan lain bagi pilihan lokasi makanan dan lokasi peta bersama maklumat terperinci lokasi masakan. Keputusan menunjukkan sistem ini sesuai dan berguna untuk pengguna. Kajian ini mencadangkan beberapa kriteria baru yang tidak digunakan oleh penyelidik lain.

TOPSIS for mobile based group and personal decision support system

“…Various studies on personal DSS [3,4,5,6] are implemented in mobile applications, as the use of smartphones is widespread. The development of a mobile-based culinary recommendation system in Malang [3] uses AHP while [4] uses fuzzy AHP.…”

“…The development of a mobile-based culinary recommendation system in Malang [3] uses AHP while [4] uses fuzzy AHP. Research [5] uses SAW algorithms for mobile-based recipe recommendations. The development of TOPSIS-based mobile recommendation system was carried out in the recommendations of tourist destinations in Malang [6].…”