Predicting Customer Behavior in Telecommunications

IEEE Intelligent Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 50-58

  Yan, Lian ^a   Wolniewicz, Richard H ^b   Dodier, Robert ^c  

^a Aureon Biosciences   (United States)

^b Flatirons Computing   (United States)

^c Independent Researcher   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PREPARATION; PROFITS; REVENUE; SERVICE PROVIDERS;

ALGORITHMS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA REDUCTION; MARKETING; PROBABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 2142713081     PISSN: 15411672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIS.2004.1274911     Document Type: Article

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