A new recommendation system on the basis of consumer initiative decision based on an associative classification approach
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to improve the customer satisfaction by offering online personalized recommendation system.
Design/methodology/approach
By employing an innovative associative classification method, this paper is able to predict a customer’s pleasure during the online while-recommending process. Consumers can make an active decision to recommended products. Based on customer’s characteristics, a product will be recommended to the potential buyer if the model predicts that he/she will click to view the product. That is, he/she is satisfied with the recommended product. Finally, the feasibility of the proposed recommendation system is validated through a Taobao shop.
Findings
The results of the experimental study clearly show that the online personalized recommendation system maximizes the customer’s satisfaction during the online while-recommending process based on an innovative associative classification method on the basis of consumer initiative decision.
Originality/value
Conventionally, customers are considered as passive recipients of the recommendation system. However, customers are tired of the recommendation system, and they can do nothing sometimes. This paper designs a new recommendation system on the basis of consumer initiative decision. The proposed recommendation system maximizes the customer’s satisfaction during the online while-recommending process.
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Citation
Yin, C., Guo, Y., Yang, J. and Ren, X. (2018), "A new recommendation system on the basis of consumer initiative decision based on an associative classification approach", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 118 No. 1, pp. 188-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-02-2017-0057
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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