Bayesian network approach to predict mobile churn motivations: Emphasis on general Bayesian network, Markov Blanket, and what-if simulation

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6485 LNCS, Issue , 2010, Pages 304-313

  Lee, Kun Chang ^a   Jo, Nam Yong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bayesian Network; Churn Motivation; Markov Blanket; Mobile Churn Prediction; What If Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHURN MOTIVATION; DAILY LIVES; DECISION MAKERS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; MARKOV BLANKETS; MOBILE CHURN PREDICTION; MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS; WHAT-IF; CHURN PREDICTIONS; GENERAL BAYESIAN NETWORKS; WHAT-IF SIMULATION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BENCHMARKING; CLASSIFIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; FORECASTING; INFERENCE ENGINES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; MOTIVATION; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; DECISION MAKING; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS; FORECASTING;

EID: 78651104719     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17569-5_30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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