Application of stochastic models to determine customers lifetime value for a Brazilian supermarkets network

This paper studies strategies to access customer lifetime value (CLV). Traditionally, heuristics based on recency, frequency and monetary value variables (RFM) are used to determine the best customers. Here, some forms of directly exploring these parameters to predict CLV are compared to an approach...

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Main Authors: Annibal Parracho Sant'Anna, Rodrigo Otavio de Araujo Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional 2008-12-01
Series:Pesquisa Operacional
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-74382008000300009