Maximizing customer satisfaction through an online recommendation system: A novel associative classification model

  • Authors:
  • Yuanchun Jiang;Jennifer Shang;Yezheng Liu

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, China and The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA;The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA;School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, China and Key Laboratory of Process Optimization and Intelligent Decision Making, Ministry of Education, Hefei, Anhui 230 ...

  • Venue:
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Offering online personalized recommendation services helps improve customer satisfaction. Conventionally, a recommendation system is considered as a success if clients purchase the recommended products. However, the act of purchasing itself does not guarantee satisfaction and a truly successful recommendation system should be one that maximizes the customer's after-use gratification. By employing an innovative associative classification method, we are able to predict a customer's ultimate pleasure. Based on customer's characteristics, a product will be recommended to the potential buyer if our model predicts his/her satisfaction level will be high. The feasibility of the proposed recommendation system is validated through laptop Inspiron 1525.