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毕业设计（论文）原稿及译文译文题目基于安卓系统的电子菜单软件原稿题目Intelligente-RestaurantusingAndroidOS原稿出处InternationalConference&workshoponAdvancedComputing2013(ICWAC2013)Intelligente-RestaurantusingAndroidOSABSTRACT：Thesimplicityandeaseofaccessofamenuarethemainthingsthatfacilitateorderingfoodinarestaurant.ATabletmenucompletelyrevolutionizesthepatron’sdiningexperience.ExistingprogramsprovideanappthatrestaurantscanusetofeedtheirmenusintoIOS&Androidbasedtabletsandmakeiteasierforthedinerstoflip,swipe&tapthroughthemenu.Wehereaimtoprovidetherestaurantswithatabletmenuthatwouldrecommenddishesbasedonarecommendationalgorithmwhichhasnotbeenimplementedelsewhere.InadditiontothisweruntheapponanAndroidbasedtablet¬onanIOSbasedtabletwhichismoreexpensivealternative.Weuseacloud-basedserverforstoringthedatabasewhichmakesitinexpensive&secure.Keywords：Recommendation,Tablet,Application,RestaurantMenu,Intelligent,Android1.INTRODUCTIONOvertheyears,technologyhastremendouslyrevolutionizedtherestaurantindustry.Butmuchoftheinnovationhasbeenwithpoint-of-sale(POS)operations.Yetotherareasofarestaurantareripeforinnovation,suchasthemenu.Traditionalrestaurantservicerequireswaiterstointeractwithcustomersdirectlybeforeprocessingtheirorders.However,ahigh-qualityrecommendationservicesystemwouldactivelyidentifycustomersandtheirfavoritemealsandexpenditurerecords.Thereisafamoussayingthat“Peopleeatwiththeireyes”.Thee-Menuprovidesadditionalinformationaboutmenuitemsanddrinksthanatraditionalpapermenu.Withinteractivepicturesitgivesadditionalinformationaboutthefooditem.Tabletsaresaidtoeliminateorder-takingerrorsfromthewaiters.Inthekitchen,thereislessconfusionaseverythingisnowwrittenclearly.Developersofsimilarapplicationsmaintainthatcustomerswhoseatattablesoutfittedwithtabletsspendabout20%morethanthoseatothertables.Withthevisuals,youknowexactlywhatyou’regoingtogetinyourplate.Theservicegoesquicker.Tabletsaresaidtoallowcuttingthelaborexpenses.Customersfeelmoreinvolvedintheprocess.Restaurantscanbuildtheire-reputationandcustomercommunityinlive.Therestaurantmenuhasevolvedfromitshumblebeginningsoncartechalkboardsandimagelessprinttotoday’sdetailed,colorfuldisplays.Withtheemergenceofdigitaltabletsanduser-friendlytouchscreentechnologymenuscanmovetoawholenewsurface.Withthiselectronicmenu,orderscanbetakencorrectlythefirsttime.Thereisnoneedtorunbackandforthtoadistantterminal,becausetheterminalisalwayswiththeserver.Everyorderisassociatedwithanindividualseatatthetable,andordersarebuiltonecustomeratatime,justlikeonpaper,butwithgreateraccuracy.Itemscanalsoeasilybesharedbythewholetable,movedormodified,andnotedandthecostcanbecalculatedinrealtime.TheRecommendationalgorithmsuggestsdishestothepatronsbasedonpreviousorders.Itmakesiteasierforthecustomertobuildhis/herorderandalsoviewthemostpopulardishes.Moreover,variousdimensionfilterscanbeusedaccordingtoindividualpreferencese.g.Price,taste,quantity,etc.ThereareseveralrestaurantsinMumbaiwhichhavereplacedthetraditionalpapermenuswiththedigitizedtabletmenu.Butnoneoftheappsletthepatronplaceanorderdirectlytothekitchen.Thetablet’suseisrestrictedtosimpleviewingofthemenu.2.EXISTINGSYSTEMS2.1ConventionalSystemsRestaurantservicessuchasmakingreservations,processingorders,anddeliveringmealsgenerallyrequirewaiterstoinputcustomerinformationandthentransmittheorderstokitchenformealpreparation.Whenthecustomerpaysthebill,theamountdueiscalculatedbythecashier.Althoughthisprocedureissimple,itmaysignificantlyincreasetheworkloadofwaitersandevencauseerrorsinmealorderingorinprioritizingcustomers,especiallywhenthenumberofcustomerssuddenlyincreasesduringbusyhours,whichcanseriouslydegradetheoverallservicequality.2.2ElectronicPOSTerminalsAverycommonlyimplementedsystem,currentlybeingusedbynumerousrestaurantsandchainsallovertheworld,istheelectronicpoint-of-saleterminalsystem.Here,theservers/waitersgenerallytaketheorderfromthecustomerandheadontoaterminal,wheretheycanfeedtheorderintoacomputer.Theordercanthenbetransmittedtothekitchenautomaticallyviatheterminalthroughanetwork,oritmayevenbedeliveredmanuallybytheservertothekitchen.Althoughahugeimprovementoverthepenandpaperstillprevalentovertheworld,thisdoesnothavemuchvalueadditionforthecustomerandmostlyonlybenefitstheestablishmentandtheadministrationoftheestablishment.2.3TabletBasedMenuWiththecurrentonslaughtandpopularityoftouchbaseddevices,especiallytheAppleiPad,itdidnottakelongforthetabletbasedmenustomakeanentranceintothemarket.Intheircurrentstate,thesemenusarejustaglorifiedversionoftheirpaperbasedcounterparts.Theworkflow,evenwiththesetabletmenus,remainsthesameastheonementionedinsection2.1oracombinationoftheprevioustwo.Thereisverylittlevalueadditiontothecustomerandtheestablishmentoritsstaff.Theavailabletechnologyisdefinitelynotbeingutilizedtoitsmaximumpotential.3.PROPOSEDSYSTEM3.1SystemArchitectureThefollowingfigure(Fig3.1),demonstratesthebasicarchitectureofoursystem.Understandingtheotherintricaciesanddetailsofthesystemwillbecomealoteasierifonegoesthroughthisfigure,beforedivingintotherestofit.Fig3.1BasicSystemArchitectureandSystemComponent