A survey on machine learning methods for churn prediction

L Geiler, S Affeldt, M Nadif - International Journal of Data Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The diversity and specificities of today's businesses have leveraged a wide range of
prediction techniques. In particular, churn prediction is a major economic concern for many …

Application of machine learning methods to spatial interpolation of environmental variables

J Li, AD Heap, A Potter, JJ Daniell - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2011 - Elsevier
Machine learning methods, like random forest (RF), have shown their superior performance
in various disciplines, but have not been previously applied to the spatial interpolation of …

A novel hybrid feature selection via symmetrical uncertainty ranking based local memetic search algorithm

SS Kannan, N Ramaraj - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2010 - Elsevier
A novel correlation based memetic framework (MA-C) which is a combination of genetic
algorithm (GA) and local search (LS) using correlation based filter ranking is proposed in …

Multi-split optimized bagging ensemble model selection for multi-class educational data mining

MN Injadat, A Moubayed, AB Nassif, A Shami - Applied Intelligence, 2020 - Springer
Predicting students' academic performance has been a research area of interest in recent
years, with many institutions focusing on improving the students' performance and the …

Customer churn analysis in telecom industry

K Dahiya, S Bhatia - 2015 4th International Conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of telecommunication industry, the service providers are inclined
more towards expansion of the subscriber base. To meet the need of surviving in the …

[HTML][HTML] Personalizing communication and segmentation with random forest node embedding

W Wang, W Eberhardt, S Bromuri - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Communicating effectively with customers is a challenge, especially in a context requiring
long-term planning such as the pension sector. Engaging individuals to obtain information …

[PDF][PDF] Model selection: beyond the bayesian/frequentist divide.

I Guyon, A Saffari, G Dror, G Cawley - Journal of Machine Learning …, 2010 - jmlr.org
The principle of parsimony also known as “Ockham's razor” has inspired many theories of
model selection. Yet such theories, all making arguments in favor of parsimony, are based …

Churn prediction in telecom using Random Forest and PSO based data balancing in combination with various feature selection strategies

A Idris, M Rizwan, A Khan - Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
The telecommunication industry faces fierce competition to retain customers, and therefore
requires an efficient churn prediction model to monitor the customer's churn. Enormous size …

An effective strategy for churn prediction and customer profiling

L Geiler, S Affeldt, M Nadif - Data & Knowledge Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Customer churn prediction and profiling are two major economic concerns for many
companies. Different learning approaches have been proposed, however the a priori choice …

Selecting optimal random forest predictive models: a case study on predicting the spatial distribution of seabed hardness

J Li, M Tran, J Siwabessy - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Spatially continuous predictions of seabed hardness are important baseline environmental
information for sustainable management of Australia's marine jurisdiction. Seabed hardness …