期刊
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
卷 83, 期 -, 页码 1-13出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2018.01.008
关键词
Multiple criteria decision aiding; Market segmentation; Preference modeling; Clustering analysis
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71701160, 91546119, 91746111, 71731009, 71742005, 71331005, 71628103]
- China Post-doctoral Science Foundation [2017M623201]
We propose a new multiple criteria decision aiding approach for market segmentation that integrates preference analysis and segmentation decision within a unified framework. The approach employs an additive value function as the preference model and requires consumers to provide pairwise comparisons of some products as the preference information. To analyze each consumer's preferences, the approach applies the disaggregation paradigm and the stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis to derive a set of value functions according to the preference information provided by each consumer. Then, each consumer's preferences can be represented by the distribution of possible rankings of products and associated support degrees by applying the derived value functions. On the basis of preference analysis, a new metric is proposed to measure the similarity between preferences of different consumers, and a hierarchical clustering algorithm is developed to perform market segmentation. To help firms serve consumers from different segments with targeted marketing policies and appropriate products, the approach proposes to work out a representative value function and the univocal ranking of products for each consumer so that products that rank in the front of the list can be presented to her/him. Finally, an illustrative example of a market segmentation problem details the application of the proposed approach. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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