Category: Customer Prediction

Evaluating The Performance of Demographic Targeting Using Gender in Keyword Advertising

This research evaluates the effect of gender-targeted advertising on the performance of sponsored search advertising. We analyze nearly 7,000,000 records spanning 33 consecutive months of a keyword advertising campaign from a major US retailer. In order to determine the effect of demographic targeting, we classify the campaign’s key phrases by a probability of being targeted…… Continue reading Evaluating The Performance of Demographic Targeting Using Gender in Keyword Advertising

Forecasting the Nearly Unforecastable: Why Aren’t Airline Bookings Adhering to the Prediction Algorithm?

Using 27 million flight bookings for 2 years from a major international airline company, we built a Next Likely Destination model to ascertain customers’ next flight booking. The resulting model achieves an 89% predictive accuracy using historical data. A unique aspect of the model is the incorporation of self-competence, where the model defers when it…… Continue reading Forecasting the Nearly Unforecastable: Why Aren’t Airline Bookings Adhering to the Prediction Algorithm?