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1 6 JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE, VOL. 4, NO. 3, MAY 009 The AGA Evaluating Model of Custoer Loyalty Based on E-coerce Environent Shaoei Yang Econoics and Manageent Departent, North China Electric Power University, Baoding City, China Eail: Rui Zhang College of Inforation Science & Technology, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding City, China Eail: Zhibin Liu Econoics and Manageent Departent, North China Electric Power University, Baoding City, China Eail: Abstract With the developent of e-coerce, the enterprises should build long-ter and stable relationship with the custoers, and then enhance custoer continuously through the use of inforation technology and network technology, which based on the custoer interest, eet the needs of clients and custoers to create value for the as the goal. At the sae tie, for e-coerce beyond the liitations of tie and space, so that the aterial, financial and inforation can high-speed flow, the subsyste, such as guide, ordering, payent, trade and security can be linked together organically, and then achieve the goods on-line trading. So face to the coplex process and the huge inforation, how to obtain and retain ore valuable custoers and then establish and consolidate custoer, which is the key for the enterprises strategy. Based on the analysis of the custoer and probles which faced, this paper established an evaluation index syste, including five aspects: custoer expectations, custoer trust, custoer satisfaction, custoer awareness value and transfer cost; this paper built custoer odel in e-coerce environent based on introducing the principles of GA ethod and iproved progra; the exaples deonstrated that AGA ethod is scientific and operational on the issue of custoer evaluation, and the AGA ethod can be applied to further areas; finally, this paper put forward the strategies of training and consolidating custoer. Index Ters custoer, e-coerce environent, GA, AGA, evaluation odel I. INTRODUCTION In the era of network rapid developent, soe copanies have also entered the fanatical wave of building internet coerce; they have focused on how to attract custoers and then ignored how to retain the loyal custoers. In fact, in the network era, custoer is especially iportant due to the uniqueness of e- coerce. Because loyal custoer is a source of enterprises obtaining copetitive advantage, who tend to purchase repeatedly products of this website and is not sensitive to price, but also pass a good reputation initiatively for Web site, recoend new custoers, use this website products ust as in the past and not change the trust of the site for the influence of the outside world. According to the findings of the United States agencies, custoer increase 5%, corporate profits increase 5%-85%. Therefore, enterprises need a way to evaluate whether their custoers loyal, segent custoer and ipleent the different arketing strategies, so that is ore conducive to the developent of e-coerce sites. A. Custoer Loyalty Custoer is that the custoers lock in your copany and use your product ever since a long tie ago, and will choose still your copany while purchase a siilar product the next tie. We understand custoer in two ways: Attitude and tropis: The attitude and tropis is on behalf of the custoer-to-business products active-oriented degree, also reflects wishes for the custoer recoending the products to other custoers. Custoer is that for the enterprises arketing or brand personality coincide with the consuer lifestyle or values, the consuers produce sentient to the enterprises or the brand, even proud, and look it as theselves spiritual sustenance, and then show the desire of purchasing continuously. Conduct repeat: Conduct repeat is the possibility of the custoers purchasing continuously the products in an enterprise, which can be easured by the indicators, such as ratio, order and possibility of the custoers purchasing products etc. The continuous purchase behavior ay coe fro the favorable ipression to the enterprise products, ay also coe fro the factors having nothing to do with feeling, such as the purchase ipulse, the enterprise sales prootion activities, the custoer purchase habits, the too high transfer cost, the custoers can t purchase other products for the enterprise s arket 009 ACADEMY PUBLISHER

2 JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE, VOL. 4, NO. 3, MAY doinance, or purchase other products inconveniently, and so on. B. The Custoer Loyalty Issues Under the Environent of E-coerce The operation ode of e-coerce based on the inforation technology and network technology, which broken through the traditional corporate business odel, and led to the iportant changes of the copetition rules aong the enterprises. Using the low-cost and the network rapid spread, we can acquire custoers requireent, strengthen ties with custoers, excavate and anage effectively the custoers resources, attract and retain the custoers, and then obtain the arket copetitive advantage, but having soe issues of aintaining the relations with the custoers in the virtual environent, as the following: ) The lower inforation anageent level of business-to-custoer The businesses get the custoer inforation through soe ways, such as the ebership registration, the questionnaire survey, etc; draw the useful custoer behavior ode and a variety of potential inforation fro large custoer data inforation, treat differently the different custoers, provide the favorable value services to the value custoers, and then seize arket opportunities, lay the foundation for the establishent of custoer. While ost enterprises have already established a background anageent syste to safeguard custoer basic data, but which is only as to retain custoer inforation and failed to collect custoer data for statistical analysis, can not get the evaluation and recoendations of custoer-to-business-product, and even know noting about the custoers acknowledge value. In addition, due to involving the custoers privacy in the personal data, the custoers ay provide false inforation; the enterprises lack the ability to identify, which resulting in a lack of authenticity of the custoer data. As a result, enterprises can not identify and classify accurately based on the historical data and trading patterns of custoers, and then lose the best counicating tie with the valuable custoers. ) Custoer-to-business lack of trust due to the iperfect echanis In the e-coerce arket, because the econoy and legal syste can t catch up with the developent pace of e-coerce far and away at present in China, the e- coerce transactions ways bring the separation of tie and space between buyers and sellers, and then produce the trust and confidence difficulties. The reason is that the traditional reliance and confidence basis is weakened due to the virtual anonyity of e-coerce, a large-scale opening inforation infrastructure are very fragile facing to coputer crie and network fraud, and e-coerce security can not obtain a good guarantee. As the difficulteasy degree of confidence-building between people has soething to do with their trading ethods, in e- coerce the custoers often understand product only through the pictures or character description, the inforation asyetry issue of product or service quality is ore serious as a result of can not or difficulty to observe in the e-coerce arket, so it is ore difficult that a business wins the custoers trust. 3) Enterprises lack the sense of establishing personalized service for the needs of different custoers In the e-coerce environent, custoers will be able to ski over a large nuber of product inforation never leaving their hoe, which requires businesses Web sites to establish corresponding and effective counication ode and prootional content based on the consuers different preferences, interests and deands, in order to coplete one-on-one service in the low-cost, which requires copanies to analyze the deands of the different custoers. "Tailored" can eet the requireents, which can not only reduce the tie of skiing over the product inforation based on the custoers spend oney, but also enhance the custoers satisfaction, and bring the loyal and stable custoer base for businesses. However, the vast aority of enterprises istake e-coerce for the networking of business activities akes the corporate Web site as the window of inforation disseination; there is no use of the advantages of e-coerce to eet the custoers different deands, which can not aintain custoer. At present, there are gaps in training and consolidating custoer ethods for China enterprises in e- coerce environent. For a long tie, China enterprises attach iportance to qualitative analysis in custoer evaluation; furtherore, these analysis ethods are not coprehensive. It is indispensable to strengthening custoer anageent, but with foreign custoer anageent ethods, which is lack of quantitative analysis and still iprecise in custoer identification, easureent and other aspects. In addition, the biggest obstacle is custoer inforation syste construction seriously lagged behind in China enterprises iproving custoer anageent ethods in e-coerce environent. For the large nuber of business and custoers inforation deficiency, the enterprises unable to establish the corresponding anageent odel and can t grasp accurately the custoers exposure. Custoer inforation is distortion, which ipact directly the custoer anageent decision-aking scientificalness, and add ore difficult to custoer evaluation ethods quantitative. In view of this, this paper constructs scientific evaluation index syste, including five aspects: custoer expectations, custoer trust, custoer satisfaction, custoer awareness value and transfer cost, and solves lack of quantitative analysis proble through applying the Genetic Algorith (GA), Adaptive Genetic Algorith (AGA) and iproved Genetic Algorith. II. THE CUSTOMER LOYALTY EVALUATION INDEX SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION IN THE E-COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT 009 ACADEMY PUBLISHER

3 64 JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE, VOL. 4, NO. 3, MAY 009 A. The Characteristics of Custoer Loyalty in E- coerce Environent Fro the e-coerce characteristics, due to the use of the Internet, the establishing process of the custoer is different fro the traditional custoer, the ain characteristics show in the following areas: ) Custoers recoending is faster and broader In the past custoers recoending was through telephone or face-to-face anner, so it is slow and not wide range; in the age of e-coerce, the Internet as an ideal counication channel, which will enable the custoers happy consuer experience to be shared ore quickly and widely due to the characteristic of the rapid spread, thereby culture and create greater opportunities to the custoers. ) Enterprises can provide greater value to custoers In the condition of Internet, the custoers deands can be better satisfied, such as the personalized deand, fast processing, etc, which is very difficult to achieve in the past. 3) Easier to build relationships of business-tocustoer The Internet is an interactive counication tool, which can not only facilitate the custoers feedback to the enterprise conduct, but also facilitate the enterprises to pay close attention to each custoer, therefore, the excellent relations between the enterprise and custoers is easier to establish. In contrast, the traditional counication channels, such the opinion letters, service phone, custoers receive, etc, which are on pales beside. 4) The cost which enterprise acquire custoers is greater, but the profit is higher The virtual nature of the Internet led to uncertainty and risk of bargaining, so the enterprises ust pay a uch higher cost when build good relationship with the custoers in early days. However, the enterprises use network tools to provide greater added value, so the custoers have easily, along with the enterprises profits will be greater. B. The Custoer Loyalty Evaluation Index Syste ) Custoer expectations (B ) In the e-coerce environent, custoers can understand all business inforation in detail through network platfor easily, and have an advance look forward to products or services of their interest; custoers deands further iprove the specialization, personalization, convenience, quick response of product or service and so on, which are particular characteristics relative to the traditional business environent. Therefore, in the e-coerce environent should be an additional evaluation: the recoendation or word-of-outh of the edia and other custoers (C ); the related detailed product inforation quality and quantity of web site (C ); Web site interactive (C 3 ) (tie and convenience of searching for inforation); specialization of products or services (C 4 ); personalization of products or services (C 5 ); rapid response of products or services (C 6 ). ) Custoer trust (B ) In arketing trust theory, trust is the basis of directly, it is necessary to built custoer trust in order to succeed in establishing a high level of long-ter custoer relationships, therefore trust is a decided factor of custoer. Custoer trust eans dependent willingness custoers to credible trading partners, including two diensions, which are the credibility and goodwill: the strength of eeting the deand (C ), honesty (C ) and fairness (C 3 ) and so on. In the e- coerce environent should be an additional evaluation, which are safety (C 4 ) and reliability (C 5 ) of the site (payent security, privacy protection, security policies, credit syste and legal environent, etc). 3) Custoer satisfaction (B 3 ) Satisfaction is a feeling state level, which coes fro the coparison between perception perforance or output for products or services and the expectations. Custoer satisfaction is ainly the total of post-arket evaluation supplier to existing custoers: satisfaction to sales (C 3 ); satisfaction to the staff of after-sales, technical supporting and training (C 3 ); eotional factors (such as pleasure feelings) (C 33 ). In the e-coerce environent should be an additional evaluation, which is on-line services (C 34 ) (advice, help, application, registration, search and change, and so on). 4) Custoer awareness value (B 4 ) Custoer awareness value is subective evaluation of custoers-to-supplier relative value, including: product features (C 4 ); product price(c 4 ); product quality(c 43 ); product branding(c 44 ); custoer service(c 45 ) and other invisible costs(c 46 ) (conversion cost, use cost, tie costs, spirit costs, physical strength costs, etc.). In the e- coerce environent, although the custoers felt a large nuber of convenience due to the network, but also felt a lot of risk, therefore, should also be an additional evaluation of custoer perception risk: products risk (C 47 ) (the custoers can t experience and check personally product quality, and also can not distinguish the products types); security risk (C 48 ) (arising fro the network trading, exchange data in an open networks, be likely to daage or leakage privacy). 5) Transfer cost (B 5 ) Transfer cost refers to the related costs, involve which the custoers and existing suppliers end the relationship, and establish a new replaced relationship, in the process of aintaining relations between the custoers and forer corporate, which is the results of tie, energy, knowledge, feelings and the physical capital investing in products, services and relationship, including the relationship interests (C 5 ) (The special interests of custoers due to relationships of business and custoers, the copetitors can not provide custoers with the sae interests in short order after custoers conversion); the resource costs (C 5 ) (Including the cost of terinating service with existing provider and resources loss of transact with the new supplier, those, including oney, tie, energy and the property cost); the psychological costs (C 53 ) (Custoer psychological pressure when convert product or service provider, including interpersonal conflicts and eotional risk-aware 009 ACADEMY PUBLISHER

4 JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE, VOL. 4, NO. 3, MAY conversion); alternative liit (C 54 ) (the nuber of product or service providers who custoers can choose ay also affect custoer conversion behavior, which is obective obstacles while the custoer conversion); additional services or service resuption (C 55 ) (including professional services for the custoer personalized deand, all the actions and efforts of service organizations in order to ake up for custoer loss after the experience of services failure, the good service resuption can create value for custoers and prevent effectively custoers loss because of service failure). In the e-coerce environent, due to a sharp drop in corporate onopoly and the custoer search costs, we should focus on evaluation of psychological costs and services costs in order to reduce the custoer loss trends. III. THE GA MODEL CONSTRUCTION A. The Basic Principle of GA Genetic Algorith cae of the coputer siulation research to the biology systes. Professor Holland in Michigan University inspired by the biology siulation technology, created a self-adaptation probability optiization technology which fit for the coplex syste optiization based on the biology genetic and evolutionary echanis, that is the genetic algorith. Copared with the genetic algorith, the ost classical optiization algorith is the gradient or higher tie statistics based on a single easuring function (evaluating function) to produce a deterinate experientation solution sequence; Genetic algorith is not dependent on gradient inforation, but search for the optial solution through siulated natural evolutionary process. It uses the coding technology to act on the nuber bunch called chroosoe, siulates the evolutionary process that coposed of these nuber bunches. Genetic algorith regroups the good adaptability bunches, and generates the new bunch groups through the organized and rando inforation exchange. B. The Model of GA ) The indexes standardization To the custoer probles, we suppose the evaluating set A= {A l, A,,A n }, the index set G= {G l, G,, G }, the index value of proble A i to index G is x i (i=,,, n; =,,, ). The coprehensive evaluating indexes of custoer probles include custoer expectations, custoer trust, custoer satisfaction, custoer awareness value and transfer cost. Suppose the vector Q l ={Gl, G,,G k }denotes k custoer expectations index, the vector Q ={G k+l, G k+,,g p }denotes p-k custoer trust and satisfaction index, the vector Q 3 ={G p+, G p+,,g q }denotes q-p custoer awareness value index, the vector Q 4 ={G q +l, G q+,,g }denotes -q transfer cost index. This paper carries through diensionless disposal to the probles used fuzzy subection function, the result is as follows: X= {x i =,,,n; k=,,,} For custoer expectations index, its subection function is: xi a b xi () y = a < x i i < b b a xi b 0 (i=,,, n); Q x i denotes the index value, y i denotes the value after diensionless disposal, a and b denote the axiu and the iniu of the indexes. For custoer trust and satisfaction index, its subection function is: xi b x a () i y = a < x i i < b b a xi a 0 (i=,,,n); Q For custoer awareness value index, its subection function is: q xi xi < q in ax ax{ q, x, x q} (3) yi = q xi q xi q in ax ax{ q, x, x ( k) q} xi > q (i=,,,n); Q 3 For transfer cost index, its subection function is: xi = x (4) y = xi x i ax xi x x i x i (i=,,,n); Q 4 In the forula, x ax and x in denote the axiu and iniu value of transfer cost index respectively. ) Deterination of the obective function Suppose the benchark proect Ao={x 0 =,,, ), the ethod to select the benchark proect is as follows: To the custoer expectations index, order: x o = in{ x i } i n Q (5) To the custoer trust and satisfaction index, order: x o = ax{ x i } i n Q (6) To the custoer awareness value index, suppose the [q l, q ] is the optial custoer awareness value of the index value, order: xo = x ( x [ q, q ]) Q3 (7) To the transfer cost index, suppose the x is the optial index fixed value, order: x o = x Q 4 (8) Suppose the W= {w l,w,...,w } is the index weight value, thereinto (=,,...,), and W eets the constraint condition: w = = (9) 009 ACADEMY PUBLISHER

5 66 JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE, VOL. 4, NO. 3, MAY 009 The index value of the benchark proect A 0 After the standardization is y 0 = {y o =,,, }, w y 0 denotes the weighted coprehensive perforance value of the benchark proect index, and the w y i denotes the weighted coprehensive perforance value of the proect i. The change of the weighted coprehensive perforance values between the proect index and the benchark proect index should be stable relatively, naely, the saller the deviation is, the better the proect is. Suppose Z i is the weighted coprehensive perforance value deviation between proect i and the benchark proect, the obective function can be given under the constraint condition (9): in Zi ( W ) = w = = w ε ( w y0 w yi ) = ( =,,... n) ( 0 < ε < ; =, ),..., (0) In the forula (0), ε is the stated iniu value of the index weighted vector, in order to solve the above proble, we can assebles the obective function as the obective function U(W) through the tantaount weight disposal: n n U( W ) = Zi ( W ) = w ( y0 yi ) () i= n i= n = The forula () divided by n on both sides of the equation, suppose F (W) = U(W)/n, we can gain: F( W ) = w ( y0 yi ) = w ( y0 y ) = n = n y = yi i= n () (=,,,) Then forula (0) can transfer into forula (3), naely, the obective function is: in F( W ) = w ( y0 y ) = w = s. t. = w ε (0<ε <; =,,,) IV. THE AGA AND IMPROVED GA MODEL (3) A. The AGA Basic Principle The GA including proportion copy, adaptive exchange and utation operation is known as the AGA. During the searching for the optiizing paraeters, AGA can aintain the solution groups diversity and convergence function through changing adaptively the exchange probability P C and utation probability P based on the solution groups environent adaptive ability. AGA can control adaptively the search process and then get the global optial solution through acquiring and accuulating autoatically the knowledge about space search in the search process. And prove that AGA has the global convergence by use of Markov chain, that is, AGA can converge to the optial solution. B. Adaptive Exchange Probability and Mutation Probability Exchange operation and utation operation play an iportant role in GA. Exchange operation plays a aor role, which cobines and exchanges the valuable inforation between the two individual, generates new future generations, and then accelerates the search speed greatly during the groups evolution; Mutation operation plays an assistant role, which is accidental and secondary, can aintain the groups gene diversity. In the course of specific operations, the AGA can change exchange probability P C and utation probability P, aintain the diversity, prevent preature convergence, and then increase the calculation ethod speed and accuracy based on the individual specific circustances. It is achieved that change adaptively P C and P through inspecting the relationship between the groups average fitness value f avg and the largest fitness value f ax. For siple genetic algorith (SGA), under noral circustances, when it reached a superior solution, the group ove closer to the superior solution quickly, this can reduce the individual fitness differences, that is, f ax - f avg lower. With the f ax -f avg change, the forula of P C and P are: P C = k /( f ax f avg ) (4) P = k f f ) ( ax avg (5) P C and P don t depend on any solution individual's fitness value, for all groups, P C and P have the sae value. High fitness degree solution individual and low fitness degree solution individual have the sae exchange frequency and utation frequency. When the groups converge to the optial solution, P C and P increase, and is likely to cause the high perforance solution individual being destroyed in the vicinity of the optial solution. In order to overcoe these probles, it is necessary to protect the good perforance solution in the group. For the high fitness degree solution individual, we use the lower exchange probability P C and utation probability P to ensure the GA convergence; for the low fitness solution individual, we use the higher exchange probability P C and utation probability P to prevent SGA preature convergence. Therefore, P C depends not only on f ax- f avg, but also on the two series of fitness value used for exchange. Siilarly, P depends not only on f ax -f avg, but also on the fitness value of the pending utation individual. The expressions of P C and P are: ' ' k ( f ax f )( f ax f avg ) if f > f avg PC = ' k3 if f < f avg (6) k ( fax f )( fax favg) if f > favg P = k4 if f < favg (7) In the forula, f ax is the largest fitness degree of the group; f avg is the average fitness degree of the group; f is 009 ACADEMY PUBLISHER

6 JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE, VOL. 4, NO. 3, MAY the greater fitness degree of the two exchange series; f is the fitness degree value of the pending utation individual. General recoended value, k =k 3 =, k =k 4 =0.5. The larger the P C, the ore new individual could be introduced in groups, but the too uch exchange operation of P C could lead to the groups non-evolutionary, because its speed ay be faster in ters of underining the high-perforance character string structure than producing the new gifted individual. The saller the P C the lower speed of searching for new individual could lead to the stagnant. Exchange operation plays a aor role in GA algorith, which can increase greatly the search speed during the group evolution, so the value of P C is often taken between 0.5 and.0. Mutation is a secondary operator, which is ainly used to increase the group changes. The low utation rate can prevent the any one to reain the sae forever during the search process, and guarantee the algorith can search every point of the proble space; but the high utation rate incline to search iediately. So the value of P is saller, fro to In the practical application process, we ust adust appropriately k and k to ensure the value of P C and P in the certain reasonable liits. C. Solving with the iproved genetic algorith For the above non-linear prograing proble, this paper solves with the iproved genetic algorith. The aor steps are as follows:. Generate an initial solution group randoly. Suppose the initial solution group U l ={x l }, ( =,,,), t denotes the evolutionary generation.. Calculate the fitness function value of current solution. According to the fitness function definitions, calculate the chroosoe (the candidate solutions) fitness function eval(x l ), (=,,,). 3. According to the proportion inforation of the chroosoe, the bigger the fitness degree of the candidate solution is, the bigger the probability of participating to generate the next generation is. 4. Select two vectors of x l i and x l with the probability P c fro the vector x l, x l,, x l i,, x l,, x l, carry through the intercrossing operations according to the new operator. Reserve a vector after the intercrossing operations randoly and discard another vector, gain the candidate solution {x l, x l,, x l i,, x l,, x +l }. 5. Select a certain vector in deterinate probability P aong the vector set after the intercrossing operations, carry through the aberrance operations according to the new aberrance operator to the vector, and gain the candidate solution set of next generation {x +l, x +l,, x +l,, x +l }. 6. Suppose the Euclidean distance of the two vector solutions that the fitness degree is highest in the candidate solutions set is: l l + d = x x = ( x ax ax t t + t t + ax x ax ) ( x ax n x ax ) If d ε,x*=x t+ ax gains the overall sallest point, and the algorith is convergent; Otherwise, transfers to step 4, continues to solution's optiize convergence search. V. APPLICATION EXAMPLES Based on the forer the index syste, in this paper, we divide the custoer degree into five grades, Ⅰ (Coplete ), Ⅱ (Severe ), Ⅲ (Moderate ), Ⅳ (Mild ) and Ⅴ (No ). According to the hidden layer nodes epirical forula and cobining training, we copare, adust and then identify that five nodes is optial in hidden layer, and the output layer has one node. Set the custoer level Ⅰ - Ⅴ corresponding respectively the custoer classification results of the network output: 0., 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9. Beiing enterprises data as a training saple, we carry out the network training of the entire custoer evaluation. When the data learning reoved fro 0 regions, the learning convergence is very slow, and even arise paralysis phenoenon. To this end, we carry out standardization pretreatent of the training saple data, suppose X ax is the ties of No standard value, X in is 0. ties of Coplete standard value, after the corresponding standardization, the variable is: X = ( X X in ) /( X ax X in ) Then the data saples will be noralization in [0., 0.9], and the network learning speed accelerate. The unbiased variance of the learning output error reach E-5, the training end, and the evaluation results of the training saples as shown in table I. Custoer Expected output Network output TABLE I. THE TRAINING RESULTS OF SAMPLE DATA Coplete Severe Moderate Mild No Selecting and onitoring five enterprises custoer indicators in Shanghai, the processing data as shown in table II. TABLE II. THE CUSTOMER LOYALTY MONITORING DATA OF SHANGHAI ENTERPRISES Evaluation factor Monitoring point C C C 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 C CONTINUE TABLE Evaluation factor Monitoring point C C 3 C 4 C 5 C 3 C 3 C ACADEMY PUBLISHER

7 68 JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE, VOL. 4, NO. 3, MAY Monitoring point CONTINUE TABLE Evaluation factor C 34 C 4 C 4 C 43 C 44 C 45 C Monitoring point CONTINUE TABLE Evaluation factor C 47 C 48 C 5 C 5 C 53 C 54 C Copute the network output results ebership, according to custoer and using principles of the ebership biggest, udge custoer rating of the different levels of ebership, so we can see clearly the grade-level, and then through the analysis of the saple evaluation factor, we can understand clearly the worst rating factors, that is No factors. We infer according to the trained evaluation network, the evaluation results as shown in Table III. TABLE III. THE CUSTOMER LOYALTY LEVEL RESULTS BASED ON AGA EVALUATION No Network output I(0.) II(0.3) III(0.5) No Network output CONTINUE TABLE IV(0.7) V(0.9) Evaluation results Ⅲ Ⅱ IV Ⅰ Ⅱ For ease of coparison and analysis, we evaluate the onitoring data using the traditional BP algorith and AGA, under the sae conditions, which the learning error of the network training odel is E-5, the convergence rate s coparison results between AGA network training odel and traditional BP odel as shown: the convergence tie of AGA is 7.68 S, and the convergence tie of traditional BP odel is 6.54 S. Clearly, AGA is not only faster than traditional BP algorith, but also can overcoe the probles of BP algorith easily into the local iniu. VI. CONCLUSIONS A. The Suary of AGA AGA is used in custoer evaluation syste in the e-coerce environent, integrate effectively the characteristics, that is, GA s global search ability is strong and gradient drop ethod s local search ability is strong, then GA s identification effect enhance. The network odel doesn t have to re-deterine the weight value of the evaluation factors, and can adust autoatically the ratio relationship of the various factors, so the evaluation results have strong obectivity. At the sae tie, Beiing enterprises custoer evaluation index data as the network operator saples, we evaluate the saples for evaluation using weight value and threshold value of coputing end, the odel s coonality is very good. The coparison of the traditional BP algorith and AGA through the onitoring data showed that, custoer evaluation ethod based on AGA is high speed and accuracy, which has highly robust, can reduce the network training nuber of ties, shorten the network training tie, siulate effectively the coplex non-linear relationship between evaluation factors and evaluation results, and provide a new effective approach to custoer coprehensive evaluation. B. The Strategies of Training Custoer Loyalty The key of cultivate long-ter custoer is to the custoers personalized values as guidance and create value for custoers; the values of different custoers ay be very different. Specifically, ainly in the following areas to cultivate a sense of custoer : ) Create ore value for custoers Custoer Value is the coparing results of the total cost and the total revenue when the custoers buy products or services. The total incoe is ore than the total cost; the custoer received value is greater. To this end, we can use the value ethod to analysis the interests and the core needs of the custoers. At the sae tie, in order to gain copetitive advantage, the enterprise ust be able to create value for its custoers ore than the copetitors. The custoers are satisfied with ore consuption value, the satisfied custoers is only likely to be loyal to a particular enterprise. ) Allow custoers to have a sense of trust Trust is a prerequisite which the custoers have a loyal. On-line, the word trust is particularly iportant. As the network virtual, the custoers and enterprises bargain under the condition of "invisible and intangible" each other, the custoers assue a great risk. As a result, the custoers tend to aintain long-ter relationship with the enterprises which they trust. In fact, while any custoers choose and evaluate on-line business, "reliable" is the ost iportant factor, rather than 009 ACADEMY PUBLISHER

8 JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE, VOL. 4, NO. 3, MAY "cheap" or "a wide range of products." Trust coes fro any aspects, such as high-quality products or services, reasonable prices, and so on. And on-line, there are crucial factors: protect the custoers online security, that is, pay on-line security and personal privacy security; perforance the contracts tiely and accurately; prevent the transactions fraud, and so on. 3) Encourage custoers to participate in virtual counities For businesses, the best custoers are those that put forward the representative needs and suggestions to the enterprises, which have advance awareness, interested in work together with enterprises, and then solve the proble ointly. It is very praiseworthy for the enterprises developent that has a group of "consultants" and "partnership" custoers who never satisfy. On the Internet, create virtual counities where all the custoers can counicate and help each other, the custoers can put forward good suggestions and views of enterprises products and services, the enterprises resolve custoers probles on the basis of these proposals, and then design ore appropriate products and services for the custoers. 4) Shape the custoer's personalized needs and shopping experience With the rising living standards, ore and ore custoers request is raising, the personalized needs turn into the trends gradually. There are different between the personalized production and constitution: Constitution is that, the producer design the products and services according to the custoer deand, the custoers select the product or service characteristics which they need fro a range of enu, and then tell the producers on-line shopping. And the personalized production is a process, which the custoers participate in product design and shape needs together with the business. In the network inforation environent, the enterprises can ake use of network technology to counicate directly with custoers and explore ointly the product design and production. According to the custoers needs, the enterprises design and product the products and services, which enable a high degree of satisfaction with the custoers. REFERENCES [] Fenhe Zhi, Ling Tian, and Jinghai Ao, Custoer Loyalty in EB [J], Coercial research, 007,, pp [] Xiaoni Dong and Guangrui Wen, The Strategy Analysis of Bringing up Custoer Loyalty Degree under the Environent of E-coerce [J], Shandong Spinning Econoy, 008, 4, pp [3] Jing Ni, Guangle Yan, Liangwei Zhong and Xiaoli Zhang, Research on Strategies of prooting Custoer Loyalty in EB [J], Industry Technology and Econoy, 006, 4, pp [4] Yaing Sun, Research on Custoer Loyalty in EB [J], Neiiang Science and Technology, 007, 0, pp [5] Lin Wang and Yurong Zeng, The Custoer Loyalty Manageent in EB [J], Science and Technology Manageent Research, 005,, pp [6] Jingwen Tian, Meiuan Gao, The research and application on artificial neural network algorith[m], Beiing institute of technology press, Beiing, 006,7, pp [7] Aizhen Luo, Jin Li, Evaluation of constructing indoor air quality based on iproving genetic calculation [J], Shanxi Architecture, Jul. 007, pp: [8] Ling Zhang, Yong Liu, Wei He, Application of adaptive genetic algorith in license plate location [J], Coputer Applications, Jan. 008, pp: [9] W.H. Ip., M. Huang, K.L. Yung, and D. Wang, Genetic Algorith Solution for a Risk-Based Partner Selection Proble in a Virtual Enterprise, Coputers & Operations Research, no. 30, 003, pp. 3-. [0] Fischer M., John H., and Teich T., Optiizing the Selection of Partners in Production Networks, Robotics and Coputer-Integrated Manufacturing, no. 0, 004, pp [] J.C. Kuang, and X.H. Chen, The Model of Evaluating Real Estate Investent Risks Based on Upgraded Anagentic Algorith, Coercial Research, no., 006, pp [] P. Su, N.Q. Wu, and Z.Q. Yu, Application of Iproved Genetic Algorith in Partner Selection and Optiization for a Virtual Enterprise, Syste Engineering Theory and Practice, no., 006, pp Shaoei Yang, was born in Handan City, China, and graduated fro the agricultural university of Hebei in 003, gained the aster's degree of anageent. The author s aor field of study is the business anageent. Since 003, she is always working at the North China Electric Power University, Baoding City, China. And she has published ore than papers and book. Such as the Electric Power Enterprise Manageent (Beiing: Chinese Electric Power Publishing Copany). 009 ACADEMY PUBLISHER

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