Title
A multi-attribute data mining model for rule extraction and service operations benchmarking
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-10-2022
DOI
10.1108/BIJ-03-2021-0127
Abstract
Purpose
Customer differences and similarities play a crucial role in service operations, and service industries need to develop various strategies for different customer types. This study aims to understand the behavioral pattern of customers in the banking industry by proposing a hybrid data mining approach with rule extraction and service operation benchmarking.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors analyze customer data to identify the best customers using a modified recency, frequency and monetary (RFM) model and K-means clustering. The number of clusters is determined with a two-step K-means quality analysis based on the Silhouette, Davies–Bouldin and Calinski–Harabasz indices and the evaluation based on distance from average solution (EDAS). The best–worst method (BWM) and the total area based on orthogonal vectors (TAOV) are used next to sort the clusters. Finally, the associative rules and the Apriori algorithm are used to derive the customers' behavior patterns.
Findings
As a result of implementing the proposed approach in the financial service industry, customers were segmented and ranked into six clusters by analyzing 20,000 records. Furthermore, frequent customer financial behavior patterns were recognized based on demographic characteristics and financial transactions of customers. Thus, customer types were classified as highly loyal, loyal, high-interacting, low-interacting and missing customers. Eventually, appropriate strategies for interacting with each customer type were proposed.
Originality/value
The authors propose a novel hybrid multi-attribute data mining approach for rule extraction and the service operations benchmarking approach by combining data mining tools with a multilayer decision-making approach. The proposed hybrid approach has been implemented in a large-scale problem in the financial services industry.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Mahdiraji, Hannan Amoozad; Tavana, Madjid; Mahdiani, Pouya; and Kamardi, Ali Asghar Abbasi, "A multi-attribute data mining model for rule extraction and service operations benchmarking" (2022). Business Systems and Analytics Faculty Work. 28.
https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/bsa_faculty/28
Comments
Amoozad Mahdiraji, H., Tavana, M., Mahdiani, P. and Abbasi Kamardi, A.A. (2022) ‘A Multi-Attribute Data Mining Model for Rule Extraction and Service Operations Benchmarking,’ Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 456-495.