A decision support system for detecting products missing from the shelf based on heuristic rules

  • Authors:
  • Dimitrios Papakiriakopoulos;Katerina Pramatari;Georgios Doukidis

  • Affiliations:
  • ELTRUN, Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, 47 Evelpidon & Lefkados Str., 113 62 Athens, Greece;ELTRUN, Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, 47 Evelpidon & Lefkados Str., 113 62 Athens, Greece;ELTRUN, Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, 47 Evelpidon & Lefkados Str., 113 62 Athens, Greece

  • Venue:
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

The problem of products missing from the shelf is a major one in the grocery retail sector, as it leads to lost sales and decreased consumer loyalty. Yet, the possibilities for detecting and measuring an ''out-of-shelf'' situation are limited. In this paper we suggest the employment of machine-learning techniques in order to develop a rule-based Decision Support System for automatically detecting products that are not on the shelf based on sales and other data. Results up-to-now suggest that rules related with the detection of ''out-of-shelf'' products are characterized by acceptable levels of predictive accuracy and problem coverage.