Discrete-Time Markov Chains — Identifying Winning Customer Journeys in a Cashback Campaign
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Abhijeet Talaulikar
Originally published on Towards AI.
Modeling customer interactions in a digital campaign as discrete-time Markov Chains

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