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It is important to keep in mind that the successful churn prediction model is the
one that fits properly into the customer retention process of the company. Churn
prediction modeling is not only generating the churn score, but is also a
description of churners that will be used in developing business strategies.
We discuss in detail how data mining can let you predict the customers who are
probably going to leave using the variables available in your company. The basic
assumption behind this is that some customers who left the company have a
distinct and detectable past behaviors or characteristics. Therefore, you can
detect those behaviors some time before they leave