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A Hidden Markov Model for Customer Classification

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Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 189))

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In this chapter, a new simple Hidden Markov Model (HMM) is proposed. The process of the proposed HMM can be explained by the following example.

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Ching, WK., Huang, X., Ng, M.K., Siu, TK. (2013). A Hidden Markov Model for Customer Classification. In: Markov Chains. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 189. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6312-2_4

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