Optimizing customer's selection for configurable product in B2C e-commerce application

Computers in Industry

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 767-776

  Luo, Xinggang ^a,b   Tu, Yiliu ^a   Tang, Jiafu ^b   Kwong, C K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF INTEGRATED AUTOMATION OF PROCESS INDUSTRY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

e Commerce; Product configuration; Product family; Recommendation system

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMMERCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; WEBSITES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS-TO-CONSUMER; CASE STUDIES; CONFIGURABLE; CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTS; E-COMMERCE; E-COMMERCE SITES; NEW APPROACHES; OPTIMIZ ATION PROBLEMS; PRODUCT CONFIGURATION; PRODUCT FAMILY; RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM; RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SUB-OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; TECHNICAL DETAILS; TOTAL BUDGET; USER PROFILING; WEB PAGES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 49949095549     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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