Design And Implementation Of An Online Bus Ticket Reservation System
[A CASE STUDY OF AKWA IBOM TRANSPORT COMPANY]

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

An online Bus Ticket Reservation is a significant tool, it will enable people from any point, to search for available tickets and get their data easily without any prior experience queuing at the counter.

Below is some of the significance of this research work:

1. Customers can check availability of the bus ticket, buy bus ticket, and pay the bus ticket online. 

2. To ease off stress of queuing at the counter.

1.6 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

Many factors have limited this study, some of these factors are:

TIME – The time allocated to research work for this study was greatly constrained due to intense academic activities involving the researcher.

FINANCE – The major constraints for this study occurred in the form of inadequate funds.  The present high cost of material, access to a personal computer unit for running and debugging of the application program, transportation expenses to and fro the site of computer etc. militated against the smooth and easy advancement of the work.

1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS

During the course of writing this seminar work, some words that need explanation are as follows:

Bus Number – This uniquely identifies a Bus. 

Administrator – Refers to an authorized official of the airline who has the authority to change and update the databases.

Reservation - The written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance. (WordWeb 5.1, WordNet Database). 

System - This is any collection of component elements that work together to perform a task.

Module – One of a set of separate parts which, when combined, form a complete whole.