Analysis and comparing with three existing and popularly used forcasting customer lifetime value (CLV) methods, which are the Dwyer method, customer event\|method and fitting method, and using performances of the exis...Analysis and comparing with three existing and popularly used forcasting customer lifetime value (CLV) methods, which are the Dwyer method, customer event\|method and fitting method, and using performances of the existent artificial neural network, we apply the Radial basis Function(RBF) network to forecast the CLV, the RBF network can approach the objective function partially. To every input/output pairs, it only needs adjust the weight a little and learn quickly which is very important to the forecast precision. Simulation and experimental results on the customers’ data of a company in Shaanxi Province reveal the effectiveness and feasibility of the RBF network.\;展开更多
文摘Analysis and comparing with three existing and popularly used forcasting customer lifetime value (CLV) methods, which are the Dwyer method, customer event\|method and fitting method, and using performances of the existent artificial neural network, we apply the Radial basis Function(RBF) network to forecast the CLV, the RBF network can approach the objective function partially. To every input/output pairs, it only needs adjust the weight a little and learn quickly which is very important to the forecast precision. Simulation and experimental results on the customers’ data of a company in Shaanxi Province reveal the effectiveness and feasibility of the RBF network.\;