A rough set-based association rule approach for a recommendation system for online consumers

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Highlights:

• It is increased the importance of understanding online consumers’ purchase behaviors.

• Recommendation systems are decision aids that analyze customer's prior online behavior.

• This study proposes a rough set-based association rule approach.

• It is developed from ordinal data scale processing for customer’s preference analysis.

• We find some patterns and rules for e-commerce platform recommendations.

摘要

•It is increased the importance of understanding online consumers’ purchase behaviors.•Recommendation systems are decision aids that analyze customer's prior online behavior.•This study proposes a rough set-based association rule approach.•It is developed from ordinal data scale processing for customer’s preference analysis.•We find some patterns and rules for e-commerce platform recommendations.

论文关键词:Data mining,Rough set,Association rule,Rough set association rule,Analytic hierarchy process,Recommendation systems

论文评审过程:Received 27 November 2015, Revised 3 May 2016, Accepted 7 May 2016, Available online 24 May 2016, Version of Record 28 September 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2016.05.003