Constraint mining in business intelligence: A case study of customer churn prediction

International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 11-20

  Kerdprasop, Nittaya ^a   Kongchai, Phaichayon ^a   Kerdprasop, Kittisak ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Business intelligence; Constraint data mining; Constraint logic programming; Customer churn prediction; Pattern induction

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINT LOGIC PROGRAMMING; CUSTOMER CHURN PREDICTION; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION SUMMARIZATION; PATTERN INDUCTION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DATA VISUALIZATION; DATA WAREHOUSES; ENGINES; FORECASTING; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; SALES; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

DATA MINING;

EID: 84878519292     PISSN: 19750080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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