Multi-dimensional model-based clustering for user-behavior mining in telecommunications industry

Proceedings of 2004 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1650-1655

  Yang, Yi Ming ^a   Wang, Hui ^b   Li, Lei ^a   Li, Tian Yi ^b   Li, Wen Min ^b   Yang, Qiang ^c   Lv, Wei ^a   Huang, Ping ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou E DM Tech   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d Netwk Technol Research Department   (China)

Author keywords

Machine Learning for Sequential User Behavior; Model based clustering; Sequential data mining; Telecommunications Applications

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA MINING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

MODEL BASED CLUSTERING; SEQUENTIAL DATA MINING; SEQUENTIAL USER BEHAVIOR; TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 6344228161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icmlc.2004.1382040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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