Hemant Sain
2017-Oct-06 06:58 UTC
[R] Help RFM analysis in R (i want a code where i can define my own breaks instead of system defined breaks used in auto_RFM package)
I'm trying to perform an RFM analysis on the attached dataset, I'm able to get the results using the auto_rfm function but i want to define my own breaks for RFM. as follow r <-c(30,60,90) f <-c(2,5,8) m <-c(10,20,30) but when i tried to define my own breaks i got the identical result for RFM i.e 111 for every ID. please help me with this with working R script so that i can get output according to my own defined values of RFM instead of system defined breaks. Thanks *Dataset:* *user_id subtotal_amount created_at* *3451945 19.32 6/11/2017 17:40* *5404261 20 6/16/2017 22:45* *3572177 9.78 7/6/2017 0:41* *1197515 11.97 5/20/2017 17:48* *7288355 14.76 6/5/2017 17:48* *3071276 7.99 6/11/2017 0:13* *8568400 15.98 6/22/2017 0:59* *429475 7.99 6/8/2017 18:14* *6805938 13.97 7/1/2017 23:30* *561442 11.67 6/22/2017 18:13* *1127373 11.27 6/11/2017 16:43* *5973764 12.07 6/19/2017 22:43* *683302 12.37 6/19/2017 17:18* *391019 26.64 6/23/2017 23:57* *580790 22.85 5/26/2017 23:34* *1315314 6.29 6/18/2017 23:10* *6980574 8.67 5/13/2017 20:21* *8279240 17.26 6/2/2017 2:46* *8700821 9.48 6/26/2017 1:47* *778933 13.05 5/11/2017 17:50* *1028301 9.47 5/31/2017 20:56* *8305179 8.49 6/16/2017 0:17* *8294420 12.65 6/11/2017 18:04* *5775051 11.28 6/26/2017 17:13* *3527917 7.99 6/4/2017 21:31* *7434689 9.78 5/5/2017 16:43* *6299124 20.65 5/25/2017 22:55* *407736 6.88 6/5/2017 23:40* *6207916 11.48 6/17/2017 16:31* *2284913 10.08 7/21/2017 16:22* *5833389 15.67 7/31/2017 17:19* *1537907 22.63 7/4/2017 17:23* *8791577 12.97 7/27/2017 0:09* *7390743 18.36 5/7/2017 16:22* *8562057 17.64 5/27/2017 19:07* *393153 7.98 7/19/2017 16:42* *6764358 15.37 7/14/2017 20:20* *6444042 9.28 5/3/2017 19:54* *442647 15.96 7/22/2017 0:01* *6665810 7.99 7/3/2017 16:20* *3318928 7.99 6/11/2017 22:36* *565493 24.56 7/11/2017 16:06* *3337179 16.86 5/31/2017 0:20* *394651 21.67 5/22/2017 23:30* *421849 23.57 5/24/2017 17:12* *404111 22.06 5/22/2017 23:05* *3967182 8.29 7/23/2017 23:00* *8380345 10.38 6/22/2017 15:11* *6843512 6.49 6/16/2017 2:11* *3562940 8.18 7/18/2017 17:09* *678953 6.99 7/7/2017 16:37* *477935 8.47 7/19/2017 16:07* *8069635 6.79 7/27/2017 17:29* *435287 15.98 7/25/2017 21:39* *7210916 11.47 7/12/2017 17:30* *320190 16.86 6/10/2017 23:16* *7101677 9.28 6/6/2017 20:50* *1358520 16.65 7/10/2017 17:52* *485601 5.99 7/18/2017 17:46* *7288355 24.32 7/28/2017 0:01* *8657204 6.46 6/26/2017 22:32* *368087 15.26 6/17/2017 17:20* *5532715 11.78 7/24/2017 16:54* *318181 11.16 5/14/2017 23:01* *457094 10.92 6/15/2017 18:43* *8733533 9.67 6/16/2017 17:06* *2229405 15.37 6/16/2017 16:59* *654301 11.77 6/24/2017 0:16* *440110 26.85 5/3/2017 0:58* *478324 8.79 7/10/2017 17:02* *927885 17.05 5/20/2017 15:41* *1489397 8.47 7/26/2017 17:55* *454200 13.94 7/26/2017 1:11* *7235501 13.81 5/19/2017 1:13* *527673 9.97 5/20/2017 0:37* *2438553 7.99 6/18/2017 23:09* *2592988 39.8 6/24/2017 17:37* *538511 15.15 6/11/2017 16:58* *481081 14.87 5/19/2017 17:57* *1999017 18.06 7/21/2017 16:28* *3925889 8.08 6/26/2017 16:17* *1046802 10.67 7/19/2017 23:07* *434850 7.49 7/2/2017 23:00* *370681 8.47 7/14/2017 18:19* *3554336 21.54 7/28/2017 16:50* *5731193 9.67 5/22/2017 16:41* *1062134 15.05 6/5/2017 21:13* *408175 17.94 5/23/2017 20:18* *8733533 8.38 7/15/2017 18:16* *588771 13.87 6/25/2017 23:49* *6338225 6.79 7/1/2017 18:59* *6340638 17.95 6/15/2017 23:25* *6926244 9.07 7/17/2017 19:02* *8880079 10.58 6/14/2017 20:37* *7333070 20.76 5/6/2017 17:22* 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16:33* *2321336 8.38 5/22/2017 16:25* *R code* *library(data.table)* *df = fread("rfm_90.csv", header = T , stringsAsFactors = FALSE, check.names = FALSE)[-1,]* *sum(is.na <http://is.na/>(df))* *df$user_id = as.integer(df$user_id)* *df$subtotal_amount = as.numeric(df$subtotal_amount)* *df$created_at = as.POSIXct(df$created_at)* *df$created_at = as.Date(df$created_at)* *occurences = table(unlist(df$user_id))* *occurences = as.data.frame(occurences)* *occurences = occurences[order(-occurences$Freq),]* * r <-c(30,60,90)* * f <-c(2,5,8)* * m <-c(10,20,30)* * getScoreWithBreaks <- function(df,r,f,m) {* * ## scoring the Recency* * len = length(r)* * R_Score <- c(rep(1,length(df[,1])))* * df <- cbind(df,R_Score)* * for(i in 1:len){* * if(i == 1){* * p1=0* * }else{* * p1=r[i-1]* * }* * p2=r[i]* * if(dim(df[p1<df$Recency & df$Recency<=p2,])[1]>0) df[p1<df$Recency & df$Recency<=p2,]$R_Score = len - i+ 2* * }* * ## scoring the Frequency* * len = length(f)* * F_Score <- c(rep(1,length(df[,1])))* * df <- cbind(df,F_Score)* * for(i in 1:len){* * if(i == 1){* * p1=0* * }else{* * p1=f[i-1]* * }* * p2=f[i]* * if(dim(df[p1<df$Frequency & df$Frequency<=p2,])[1]>0) df[p1<df$Frequency & df$Frequency<=p2,]$F_Score = i* * }* * if(dim(df[f[len]<df$Frequency,])[1]>0) df[f[len]<df$Frequency,]$F_Score = len+1* * ## scoring the Monetary* * len = length(m)* * M_Score <- c(rep(1,length(df[,1])))* * df <- cbind(df,M_Score)* * for(i in 1:len){* * if(i == 1){* * p1=0* * }else{* * p1=m[i-1]* * }* * p2=m[i]* * if(dim(df[p1<df$Monetary & df$Monetary<=p2,])[1]>0) df[p1<df$Monetary & df$Monetary<=p2,]$M_Score = i* * }* * if(dim(df[m[len]<df$Monetary,])[1]>0) df[m[len]<df$Monetary,]$M_Score len+1* * #order the dfframe by R_Score, F_Score, and M_Score desc* * df <- df[order(-df$R_Score,-df$F_Score,-df$M_Score),]* * # caculate the total score* * Total_Score <- c(100*df$R_Score + 10*df$F_Score+df$M_Score)* * df <- cbind(df,Total_Score)* * return(df)* * }* * df2<-getScoreWithBreaks(df,r,f,m)* *# * *library(easyRFM)* *result <- rfm_auto(df, id="user_id", payment ="subtotal_amount", date="created_at")* *breaks = result$breaks* *classes = result$classes* *summary = result$get_table* *classes = as.data.frame(classes)* *breaks = as.data.frame(breaks)* *summary = as.data.frame(summary)* -- hemantsain.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Jim Lemon
2017-Oct-06 10:22 UTC
[R] Help RFM analysis in R (i want a code where i can define my own breaks instead of system defined breaks used in auto_RFM package)
Hi Hemant, I had a chance to look at this. Here is a function that allows you to rank customers on the raw values of recency, frequency and monetary. I added the code for cutting the raw values into intervals, but haven't had a chance to test it and I can't test it right now. It may be helpful. rfm_df<-read.table("rfm.csv",header=TRUE,sep="\t",stringsAsFactors = FALSE) # expects a three (or more) column data frame where # column 1 is customer ID, column 2 is amount of purchase # and column 3 is date of purchase qdrfm<-function(x,rbreaks=NULL,fbreaks=NULL,mbreaks=NULL, date.format="%Y-%m-%d") { today<-as.Date(date(), "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y") x$rscore<-today-as.Date(x[,3],date.format) if(!is.null(rbreaks)) x$rscore<-cut(x$rscore,breaks=rbreaks,labels=FALSE) custIDs<-unique(x[,1]) ncust<-length(custIDs) rfmout<-data.frame(custID=custIDs,rscore=rep(0,ncust), fscore=rep(0,ncust),mscore=rep(0,ncust)) rfmout$rscore=rank(by(x$rscore,x[,1],min)) if(!is.null(fbreaks)) rfmout$fscore<-rank(by(x[,3],x[,1],length)) else rfmout$fscore<-cut(by(x[,3],x[,1],length),breaks=fbreaks,labels=FALSE) if(!is.null(mbreaks)) rfmout$mscore<-rank(by(x[,2],x[,1],sum)) else rfmout$mscore<-cut(by(x[,2],x[,1],sum),breaks=mbreaks,labels=FALSE) rfmout$cscore<-rank((order(rfmout$rscore)+ order(rfmout$fscore,decreasing=TRUE)+ order(rfmout$mscore,decreasing=TRUE))/3) rfmout$cscore<-rfmout$cscore-min(rfmout$cscore)+1 return(rfmout[order(rfmout$cscore),]) } qdrfm(rfm_df,date.format="%m/%d/%Y") Jim
Jim Lemon
2017-Oct-09 10:21 UTC
[R] Help RFM analysis in R (i want a code where i can define my own breaks instead of system defined breaks used in auto_RFM package)
Hi Hemant, Here is an example that might answer your questions. Please don't run previous code as it might not work. I define the break values as arguments to the function (rbreaks,fbreaks,mbreaks) If you want the breaks to work, make sure that they cover the range of the input values, otherwise you get NAs. # expects a three (or more) column data frame where # column 1 is customer ID, column 2 is amount of purchase # and column 3 is date of purchase qdrfm<-function(x,rbreaks=3,fbreaks=3,mbreaks=3,date.format="%Y-%m-%d", weights=c(1,1,1),finish=NA) { # if no finish date is specified, use current date if(is.na(finish)) finish<-as.Date(date(), "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y") x$rscore<-as.numeric(finish-as.Date(x[,3],date.format)) x$rscore<-as.numeric(cut(x$rscore,breaks=rbreaks,labels=FALSE)) custIDs<-unique(x[,1]) ncust<-length(custIDs) rfmout<-data.frame(custID=custIDs,rscore=rep(0,ncust), fscore=rep(0,ncust),mscore=rep(0,ncust)) rfmout$rscore<-cut(by(x$rscore,x[,1],min),breaks=rbreaks,labels=FALSE) rfmout$fscore<-cut(table(x[,1]),breaks=fbreaks,labels=FALSE) rfmout$mscore<-cut(by(x[,2],x[,1],sum),breaks=mbreaks,labels=FALSE) rfmout$cscore<-(weights[1]*rfmout$rscore+ weights[2]*rfmout$fscore+ weights[3]*rfmout$mscore)/sum(weights) return(rfmout[order(rfmout$cscore),]) } set.seed(12345) x2<-data.frame(ID=sample(1:50,250,TRUE), purchase=round(runif(250,5,100),2), date=paste(rep(2016,250),sample(1:12,250,TRUE), sample(1:28,250,TRUE),sep="-")) # example 1 qdrfm(x2) # example 2 qdrfm(x2,rbreaks=c(0,200,400),fbreaks=c(0,5,10),mbreaks=c(0,350,700), finish=as.Date("2017-01-01")) Jim [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Hemant Sain
2017-Oct-09 10:40 UTC
[R] Help RFM analysis in R (i want a code where i can define my own breaks instead of system defined breaks used in auto_RFM package)
I'm getting all the rows as NA in Cscore and almost most of the observation in R and F and M are also NA. what can be the reason for this. also suggest me the appropriate solution. On 9 October 2017 at 15:51, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi Hemant, > Here is an example that might answer your questions. Please don't run > previous code as it might not work. > > I define the break values as arguments to the function > (rbreaks,fbreaks,mbreaks) If you want the breaks to work, make sure that > they cover the range of the input values, otherwise you get NAs. > > # expects a three (or more) column data frame where > # column 1 is customer ID, column 2 is amount of purchase > # and column 3 is date of purchase > qdrfm<-function(x,rbreaks=3,fbreaks=3,mbreaks=3,date.format="%Y-%m-%d", > weights=c(1,1,1),finish=NA) { > > # if no finish date is specified, use current date > if(is.na(finish)) finish<-as.Date(date(), "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y") > x$rscore<-as.numeric(finish-as.Date(x[,3],date.format)) > x$rscore<-as.numeric(cut(x$rscore,breaks=rbreaks,labels=FALSE)) > custIDs<-unique(x[,1]) > ncust<-length(custIDs) > rfmout<-data.frame(custID=custIDs,rscore=rep(0,ncust), > fscore=rep(0,ncust),mscore=rep(0,ncust)) > rfmout$rscore<-cut(by(x$rscore,x[,1],min),breaks=rbreaks,labels=FALSE) > rfmout$fscore<-cut(table(x[,1]),breaks=fbreaks,labels=FALSE) > rfmout$mscore<-cut(by(x[,2],x[,1],sum),breaks=mbreaks,labels=FALSE) > rfmout$cscore<-(weights[1]*rfmout$rscore+ > weights[2]*rfmout$fscore+ > weights[3]*rfmout$mscore)/sum(weights) > return(rfmout[order(rfmout$cscore),]) > } > > set.seed(12345) > x2<-data.frame(ID=sample(1:50,250,TRUE), > purchase=round(runif(250,5,100),2), > date=paste(rep(2016,250),sample(1:12,250,TRUE), > sample(1:28,250,TRUE),sep="-")) > > # example 1 > qdrfm(x2) > > # example 2 > qdrfm(x2,rbreaks=c(0,200,400),fbreaks=c(0,5,10),mbreaks=c(0,350,700), > finish=as.Date("2017-01-01")) > > Jim > >-- hemantsain.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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