Sales Analysis using Complex Networks: Communities and Centrality of Items

Authors

  • Salvador Hernández-González Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, México
  • José Eduardo Hernández-Torres Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, México
  • Manuel Darío Hernández-Ripalda Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, México

Keywords:

Market basket analysis, Complex networks, Cell phones, Sales

Abstract

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26439/ing.ind2020.n038.4820

Sales in the cell phone and accessories area of a department store are analyzed with a complex network approach. Using measures of centrality and item grouping (communities), purchase ordering is shown, and the importance of each product is quantified. Sales are ordered by forming ‘communities’ around the cell phone chips. Based on the results, it can be concluded that cell phones are the most significant items of each community.

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2020-07-07

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Business engineering

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Sales Analysis using Complex Networks: Communities and Centrality of Items. (2020). Ingeniería Industrial, 38(038), 177-191. https://revistas.ulima.edu.pe/index.php/Ingenieria_industrial/article/view/4775