DEMOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF A MART BY APPLYING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES

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DEMOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF A MART BY APPLYING CLUSTERING
TECHNIQUES
Mrs.J.Mounika1, I. Monali2, G. Lakshmi Pooja3, G. Meghana4, P. Mary Pushpa5
1Assistent Professor Department of Information Technology, KKR & KSR Institute Of Technology And
Sciences (A), Guntur, India
2,3,4,5 Undergraduate Students , Department of Information Technology , KKR & KSR Institute Of Technology And
Sciences (A), Guntur, India
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Abstract – Everyone in this contemporary era strives to be
more creative and competitive than others. Therefore, to
survive in this cutthroat world, we must be superior to others.
When we consider business scenarios in the modern era, they
depend on innovations thatcancaptivatecustomers withtheir
offerings. Because we are not employing good techniques, our
business will be monotonous and we will incur losses.
Therefore, we must employ advanced techniques that can
produce results quickly and precisely if we want to have a
successful and market-leading business in this era. Targeting
customer wish lists and concentrating on customer sales are
two strategies many businesses use. As numerous techniques
and algorithms were available at the time, machine learning
enters the picture. Furthermore, future decision-making and
the discovery of buried patterns in the data both use this.
The first section to target is specified in this concept, and the
second segment is equalized using segmentation. Customer
segmentation is the division of a customer base into groups
and subgroups according to similar needs and behaviors, and
then further into individual segments. To segment, the
audience for this paper, three different clustering
algorithms—K-Means, Agglomerative, and Hierarchical
Clustering—were implemented. The results of the clusters
produced by these algorithms were then compared. A Python
program has been created and trained by applying standard
scalar to a dataset with about 2000 trainingsamplesobtained
from a nearby mart. However, there were a lot of null values
in the dataset that we collected. Therefore, we used the data-
cleaning process to remove those null values. The dataset was
then used for our testing after we removed all the invaliddata
and ensured that there were no missing values. Data
preprocessing, data cleaning, data transformation, and data
evolution are typically the next few steps. It displays the
number of men and women arriving at the market and the
type of work they are all performing. Each group will then be
divided into different clusters for each segment. Finally, we'll
have a variety of clusters. Our outcome will be that.
Key Words: Customers, Marts, Segmentation, Machine
learning, Python, K-Means, Agglomerative algorithm,
Clustering Techniques, Data Cleaning, Data
Transformation, Preprocessing, Missing Values,
Behaviors, Standard Scalar, Dataset, Decision Making.
1. INTRODUCTION
The need for more marketing strategies has increased for
established companies as new businesses continue to open
up because the market is becomingincreasinglycutthroat.In
the world of marketing today, a straightforward rule has
emerged: "Change or Die." It clearly states that they must
alter their current strategies if they want to staycompetitive
in the market as better methods and tactics emerge. In the
marketing world, this rule was observed. As the customer
base grows day by day, it has become difficult for businesses
to meet every customer's needs and requirements. At this
point, data mining is crucial for revealing the hidden
patterns kept in the company's database.
Customer segmentation is one of the applications of data
mining that assists in clustering customers who exhibit
similar patterns into smaller groups, making it simpler for
the company to manage its large customer base. This
segmentation can have a direct or indirect impact on the
marketing strategy because it opens up some new avenues
for research, including which segment the product will be
best suited for, tailoring marketing strategies to each
segment, offering discounts to certain segments, and
understanding the customer-object relationship, which the
company had not previously understood. Customer
segmentation gives businesses the ability to see what their
customers are buying, which motivates them to better serve
them and increase customer satisfaction. It also enables
companies to identify their target customers and improve
their marketing strategies to increase sales from them.
Clustering is an effective methodforimplementingcustomer
segmentation. Unsupervised learning includes clustering,
which is the ability to find clusters in unlabeled datasets.
Clustering algorithms include k-means, hierarchical
clustering, Agglomerative clustering, and others. Three
different clustering algorithms were testedona dataset with
two features and 2000 records in this paper.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
Aman Banduni[1], The process of customer segmentation
using machine learning is explained. They use machine
learning to categorize the customers in this by performing a

few steps. To perform tasks for any typeofsegmentation, we
first need the dataset. Customer classification, BigData,data
repository, clustering data, and k-means are the steps that
came after. Over time, the commercial world has become
more competitive as companies like these now need to
entice new customers while also meeting the needs and
demands of their existing ones. Determining and meeting
each customer's needs and requirements is a very difficult
task. This is a result of the fact that various clients have
various needs, desires,demographics,sizes,preferences,and
other traits. Currently, providing equal service to all
customers is not a wise business decision. Because of this,
businesses engage in customer segmentation. Millions of
internally connected sensors send data about their
customers, suppliers, and business processes to the outside
world. world of technology, including automobiles and
smartphones, as well as information gathered from
production, sensing, and communications. the ability to
improve forecasts, save resources, increase output, and
improve several areas, such as traffic management, weather
forecasting, disaster prevention, finance, fraud control,
business transactions, national security, education, and
healthcare. Every data collection effort is made to obtain
trustworthy data that will aid in the analysis and production
of truthful but inaccurate answers to the questions posed.
Through the process of clustering based on commonalities,
data is organized into datasets. To analyzedatasetsbased on
the given condition, a variety of methods can be used. There
are numerous methods for performing k-means and
grouping data into groups. The data in this paper comes
from the UCI machine Learning repository. In this paper,
they cluster the customers by indicating in different colors
such as red, orange, and blue which product will be
completely sold in a short time
Zhenyu Wang, Yi Zuo atal[2], This paper primarily
discusses customer segmentation using a broad learning
system. Since the introduction of the first POS (PointofSale)
system in supermarkets in the 1970s, POS data has been
regarded as a critical strategic resource. Retailers hope to
improve their understanding of consumer purchasing
patterns and increase customer loyalty by analyzing POS
data. Numerous researchers have discovered through the
analysis of POS data that consumers are more committed to
a specific product after making multiple purchases of it. As a
result, we typically divide consumer loyalty into three
categories based on previous purchases: high, middle, and
low (POS data). The frequency with which a customer
purchases and consumes a specific brand of goods is
referred to as the "high level." Pos data cannot explain the
purchasing decision-making process of consumers. To
address this issue wireless,non-contactRFIDtechnology has
emerged as a viable option. In 2011, et al.[1] attached a tiny
RFID tag to shopping carts to track customers' in-store
activities based on where the carts were placed. Several
studies have found that the amount of timecustomersspend
on each component has a positive impact on their
consumption behavior. Researchers using RFID data to
reflect various consumer behaviors frequently divide the
length of time that customers spend in a given interval into
three segments (high level, middle level, and low level). To
understand the consumers' purchase decision-making
process, we divide them into various homogeneous
segments using POS and RFID data. Several classification
methods are used. SVM models and Neural Networksare the
most commonly used segmentation techniques. Both POS
and RFID data have a positive impact on customer
segmentation; however, only one type of data can fully
comprehend a customer's purchasing activity; for example,
POS data can only fully comprehend a client's purchase
outcomes, whereas RFID data can fully comprehend a
customer's shopping behavior. They configured the Neural
Network to be a three-layer BP neural network. The output
layer has two nodes, while the hiddenlayerinthe middle has
ten nodes, and the output layer has two nodes. The features
of SVM are limited. In this paper, they used the BLS to
identify customer segmentation and compare it to other
classification models.
Su-li HAO[3] This paper primarily discusses the
segmentation of commercial bank customers using
unascertained clustering. Client relationship management
and value management are now the primary driving forces
behind commercial bank development.Numerousreputable
commercial banks worldwide, such as Citibank, Bank of
America, HSBC, JP Morgan, and others, practice and benefit
from customer relationship management.Commercial banks
will profit if they value their customersand work tomaintain
their high standards. The commercial bank's marketing
decisions are based on an assessment of the client's lifetime
value. Some of them use customer current value as the
measurement standard to evaluate customer value in the
current evaluation method, while others use customer
potential value as the measuring standard. Others consider
the measuring standard to be the simple sum of the current
and potential values. The new method must determine the
value of the customer currency, non-customer currency,
current value, and potential valueaccurately.Toseparate the
indications of commercial banks' customer lifetime
appraisal, quantitative and qualitative indicators can be
used. While qualitative indicators can be obtained through
professional scoring, quantitativeindicatorscanbeobtained
directly through calculation. Using unascertainedclustering,
the study divides commercial bank customers into four
categories: quality customers, backbone customers, mass
customers, and low-class customers. Unascertained
clustering corrects the shortcomings of C-mean value
clustering and provides a quantitative description of the
sample's properties. It is also more logical to use uncertain
clustering to divide commercial bank clients. Furthermore,
commercial bank decision-makers should base their
decisions on science rather than untrustworthy groupings.

Zhang Xiao-bin, Gao Feng, Xi'an School of Computer
Science [4] - In this study, the fuzzy C-means clustering
algorithm was improved and proven to be useful for
segmentingcustomersanddetermininghigh-valuecustomer
group attributes. The goal of this data mining process is to
keep extracting and discovering patterns in large data sets
using machine learning methods. Customer churn is the
most important factor in resolving any problem in any
company. The data mining pattern will solve the major
issues in the customer segmentation process and accurately
predict the customer's value. Customer segmentation is the
process of managing and analyzing client information, as
well as processing business data stored in companies into
more data access knowledge. The Mercer Kernelsfunction is
used in this function to take input values and separate the
customer output value data. And the Kernels method isused
to cluster datasets during the segmentation process. And in
this, there is data access by evaluating the usefulness and
reliability of the data mining attribute findings. This process
approach can save the enterprise money and manpower
while improving the situation of data exploration and data
deficiency.
XIONG Weiwen, Chen Liang and atal [5], The most
common segmentation is customer relationship
management. Mall owners primarily focus on the wants and
needs of their patrons. Using the correlationmodel,financial
model, frequency model, and recency model, customer
behavior has been identified. The algorithmisthealgorithm,
and the AHP is used to weigh the customer. whether or not
their products are sold in the environmentoftheconsumers.
At stores or malls, those products are noted as being
challenging for those customers. These are determined by
RFM values that have been compiled to categorize
customers. If value = R.F.M, then Grey correlation analysis is
essentially used to identify the closest path for the line-by-
line continuation.In this way, we have the majority of three
datasets and provide tables, graphs, and diagrams of
correlation techniques. A fantastic end logistics division of
logistics engineering is a category of platinum that
represents various segments of the logistics market. The
methods for customer segmentation use empirical analysis
to show the effectiveness of the suggested method and its
performance. Customersofa certaintype paymoreattention
to the level of service provided in logistics, but they are less
valuable. To draw in these customers, they should use
effective advertising, cutting-edge marketing strategies,and
customized logistics solutions to increase customer loyalty,
firmly hold onto customers like these, and generate high
profits. The RFM (Recency, Frequency, and Monetary) and
grey correlation dimensions are used in this paper to
structure the customer segmentation model. There are
provided the formulas for calculating the various
dimensions. Based on it, this paper chooses an illustration
for a case study, and the findings demonstratetheviabilityof
the method.
3. IMPLEMENTATION
Algorithm:
Step 1: Start
Step 2: Collect the Dataset
Step 3: Check whether the data has null values or not, if yes
goto step 4 otherwise goto step 6
Step 4: Then Clean the data by using preprocessing
techniques
Step 5: If no missing data will be found, if again missing data
is observed repeat step 4 again
Step 6: Then apply K-Means and Agglomerative techniques
Step 7: Then the data will be evaluated and divided into
Clusters
Step 8: Later Exploratory Data Analysis will be done and
then it will be our final Result
Step 9: Stop
4. PROPOSED SYSTEM
The proposed study's main goal is to create a machine
learning model to separate customers. The study's specific
goals are as follows:
● Recognize the current situation as it relates to the
clientele of the business.
● Prior work on customer segmentation should be
consolidated.
● Investigate data to discover the relationship
between the customer and the attributes that
benefit the business.
● Use unsupervised machine learning to perform
clustering analysis and evaluate built models.
● For the best results, use tableau for data
visualization and interpretation.
● The suggested system is built using unsupervised
machine learning techniques like
○ Agglomerative Clustering
○ Elbow Method
to calculate the number of clusters in a dataset. designed for
interpretation and validation of consistency within cluster
analysis.

Agglomerative Clustering:
It is a bottom-up approach, in which the algorithm starts by
taking all data points as a single cluster and then merges
them. The foundation of agglomerative clustering is the
creation of a hierarchy represented by dendrograms. The
algorithm uses the dendrogram as memory to store
information about how clusters are formed. The clustering
process begins by creating N clusters for N data points,
which are then combined along the closest data points in
each step so that there is one fewer cluster in the current
step than in the previous one.
Fig-1: Agglomerative cluster
K-Means Clustering:
It is the most basic clustering algorithm based on the
partitioning principle. The algorithm is sensitive to the
initialization of the positions of the centroids; the number of
K (centroids) is calculated by the elbow method, and after
the calculation of K centroids in terms of Euclidean distance,
data points are assigned to the cluster's closest centroid.
Barycenters are assigned after the cluster is formed.
calculated by the means of the cluster, and this process is
repeated until there is no change in centroid position.
Elbow Method:
For the K-means clustering algorithm, the elbow method is
used to determine the best value for K. The SSE of each data
point is calculated using its nearest centroid anda rangeofK
values. The elbow is the point at which we should stop
further subdividing the data because it is the value of K at
which the SSE is most likely to decline as K increases.
Dendrogram:
The hierarchical representation of an object, the
dendrogram, is used to determine the output of hierarchical
clustering. The height of each clade (horizontal line) is used
to interpret the dendrogram; the lower the height, the more
associated data points there are, and the higher the height,
the fewer associated data points there are.Fig. 1
demonstrates the dendrogram created using our dataset.
The formation of the clusters andtheir eventual convergence
into a single cluster are shown in the figure.
In Fig. 1, we look for the longest vertical line that is notbeing
cut by any of the clades and extends virtually over the entire
width of the graph. The second-to-last clade in green has its
right leg bearing the longest vertical line that isnotbeing cut
by any clade. A dendrogram is used to find the optimal
number of clusters to apply for agglomerative clustering.
Now, by imagining a horizontal line that cuts through the
longest vertical line, we obtain the horizontal line that cuts
through a total of five vertical lines, giving us the ideal
number of clusters for our dataset
Fig-2: Elbow graph
Bandwidth:
The radius of the circle (kernel) describing how many data
points should be in the cluster can be thought of as the
bandwidth. It is the sole requirement for the input to the
Mean shift algorithm with K Nearest Neighbors as a
calculator. The initialization of bandwidth has a significant
impact on the convergence of the mean shift algorithm; a
small value can slow convergence while a large value can
accelerate it.
Mean shift clustering:
This clustering algorithm is a non-parametric iterative
algorithm that works by treating all data points in the
feature space as an empirical probability density function.
The algorithm clusters each data point by allowing data
points to converge to a region of local maxima, which is
accomplished by fixing a window around each data point,
determining the mean, shifting the window to themean,and
repeating the steps until all data points converge, forming
the clusters.

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE:
WORKFLOW:
The dataset was obtained from a neighborhood retail store
and includes two features: the typical number of visitstothe
store and the typical amount of shopping done on an annual
basis. The dataset was obtained from a neighborhood retail
store and includes two features: the typical number of visits
to the store and the typical shopping done on an annual
basis. The dataset was obtained from a neighborhood retail
store and includes two features: the typical number of visits
to the store and the typical amount of shopping done on an
annual basis.
Data Cleaning:
Data cleaning is the process of removing inaccurate,
incomplete, and misleading data fromdatasetsandreplacing
the missing values. There are a few strategies in data
cleaning.
Data Integration:
Assembling various sources into a single dataset One of the
key processes in data management is data integration.
During data integration, there are a few issues to take into
account.
Fig-3: Flow of Work
Data Reduction:
This method facilitates data volume reduction, which
facilitates analysis while yielding essentially the same
outcome. Additionally, this decrease helps free up storage
space. Dimensionality reduction, numerosity reduction,and
data compression are some of the techniques for data
reduction.
5. RESULTS:
The process of testing involves running a program with the
goal of identifying errors. Our software must be error-freein
order to function properly. If testing is completed
successfully, all software flaws will be fixed. The process of
ensuring and validating that software or an application is
bug-free satisfies technical specifications as determined by
its design and development, and effectively and efficiently
meets user requirements while handling all exceptional and

boundary cases, is known as testing. The test objectives are
listed below.
A program is tested by being run with the goal of identifying
any errors. A strong test case is one that has a goodchanceof
spotting an error that hasn't been identified yet. A test that
finds an error that has not yet been identified is successful.
The output screens are as follows:
Fig-4: Clustering
Fig-5: Plot of Clusters
Fig-6: Clusters
6. CONCLUSIONS:
In order to segment customers, the study tried to build
unsupervised machine learning models like K Means and
hierarchical clustering. The next steps would be to take a
closer look at large dataset features, evaluate them, and
create an effective model.
First, we began with the pre-processing of the data.
Following that, we used clustering algorithms. We chose
MiniBatchK-Means as the second model after contrasting
these clustering models. The data was then split into six
clusters because it is simple to predict customer behavior
using data from four clusters. But each of the clusters has its
own unique traits.
7. REFERENCES:
[1]AMAN BANDUNI, Prof ILAVENDHAN A, "Customer
Segmentation Using Machine Learning" 2019 International
Conference of Security, Pattern Analysis.
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International Conference on Logistics Systems and
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