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The Use of Markov Chains in Marketing Forecasting

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  • Codruţa Dura

    (University of Petroşani, Romania)

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The Markov chains model is frequently used to describe consumers’ behavior in relation to their loyalty towards a brand, a manufacturer, a product, o a chain of stores, etc. Most frequently, this model is applied in marketing for dynamic forecasts of the market quota against a background of intense rivalry between brands. In a Markov chain, the result of a trial depends on the result of the trial that directly precedes the former. If we associate the conditional probability pjk (which means that if we obtain the result Rj, then the probability to reach the result Rk of the initial trial is pjk) to a set of possible results (Rj, Rk) and if the probability of the result Rj of the initial state is aj (initial distribution), then the conditional probability is, in fact, the transition probability from Rj to Rk.

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  • Codruţa Dura, 2006. "The Use of Markov Chains in Marketing Forecasting," Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics, University of Petrosani, Romania, vol. 6, pages 69-76.
    • Handle: RePEc:pet:annals:v:6:y:2006:p:69-76
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    1. Marta Kovacs (Kiss), 2016. "Study On The Evolution Of Some Financial Products Based On Markov Chains Method," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 1033-1039, July.

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