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Predicting Customer Profitability Dynamically over Time: An Experimental Comparative Study

  • Daqing Chen
  • , Kun Guo
  • , Bo Li
  • London South Bank University

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Abstract

In this paper a comparative study is presented on dynamic prediction of customer profitability over time. Customer profitability is measured by Recency, Frequency, and Monetary (RFM) model. A real transactional data set collected from a UK-based retail is examined in the analysis, and a monthly RFM time series for each customer of the business has been generated accordingly. At each time point, the customers can be segmented by using the k-means clustering into high, medium, or low groups based on their RFM values. Twelve different models of three types have been utilized to predict how a customer’s membership in terms of profitability group would evolve over time, including regression, multilayer perceptron, and Naïve Bayesian models in open-loop and closed-loop modes. The experimental results have demonstrated a good, consistent and interpretable predictability of the RFM time series of interest.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications - 24th Iberoamerican Congress, CIARP 2019, Proceedings
EditorsIngela Nyström, Yanio Hernández Heredia, Vladimir Milián Núñez
PublisherSpringer
Pages174-183
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783030339036
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event24th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2019 - Havana, Cuba
Duration: 28 Oct 201931 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11896 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference24th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2019
Country/TerritoryCuba
CityHavana
Period28/10/1931/10/19

Keywords

  • CRM
  • Predictive modelling
  • RFM model
  • Time series analysis

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