An effective customization procedure with configurable standard models

An effective customization procedure with configurable standard models

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Article ID: iaor2006834
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 41
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 262
End Page Number: 278
Publication Date: Nov 2005
Journal: Decision Support Systems
Authors: ,
Keywords: e-commerce
Abstract:

In electronic catalogs, commodities such as computers and electronic equipment are specified as standard models although a variety of possible alternative specifications can exist as a combination of selected options, therefore, customized configurations are essential to support various customers with individual needs. Thus, the problem here is the selection of a standard model and reconfiguration with this selected model. An issue is that requirements may be fulfilled by more than one standard model. To develop an algorithm that can find the near minimum price without causing unacceptable computation effort, we devised the Standard Model Selection and Modification (SMSM) Algorithm. To establish the SMSM Algorithm, we propose the Concurrent Local Propagation procedure complemented with pruning capability owing to the nature of standard models. The effective strategies for selection of seed variables and stopping rules are devised through comparative experiments.

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