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Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning

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Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning

Abstract

A call center is an office equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls for an organization, for which the ability to forecast calls is a key factor. By forecasting the number of calls accurately, a company can plan staffing needs, meet service level requirements, improve customer satisfaction and benefit from many other optimizations. In this paper, we develop Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM) based models combined with time lags to forecast the number of call arrivals in a call center. We forecast 12, 24, 36 and 48 values ahead and the performance of the forecasting models has been evaluated using the Mean Absolute Error (MAE). The MLP based model results show that the MAE values change between 1,50 and 13,58 and LSTM based model results show that the MAE values change between 19,99 and 66,74.

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Yayımlanma Tarihi

2 Mart 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

12 Kasım 2020

Kabul Tarihi

28 Kasım 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Ballouch, M., Akay, F., Erdem, S., Tartuk, M., Nurdağ, T. F., & Yurdagül, H. H. (2021). Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 4(1), 96-101. https://doi.org/10.47495/okufbed.824870
AMA
1.Ballouch M, Akay F, Erdem S, Tartuk M, Nurdağ TF, Yurdagül HH. Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2021;4(1):96-101. doi:10.47495/okufbed.824870
Chicago
Ballouch, Mohamed, Fatih Akay, Sevtap Erdem, Mesut Tartuk, Taha Furkan Nurdağ, ve Hasan Hüseyin Yurdagül. 2021. “Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning”. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 4 (1): 96-101. https://doi.org/10.47495/okufbed.824870.
EndNote
Ballouch M, Akay F, Erdem S, Tartuk M, Nurdağ TF, Yurdagül HH (01 Mart 2021) Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 4 1 96–101.
IEEE
[1]M. Ballouch, F. Akay, S. Erdem, M. Tartuk, T. F. Nurdağ, ve H. H. Yurdagül, “Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning”, Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, c. 4, sy 1, ss. 96–101, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.47495/okufbed.824870.
ISNAD
Ballouch, Mohamed - Akay, Fatih - Erdem, Sevtap - Tartuk, Mesut - Nurdağ, Taha Furkan - Yurdagül, Hasan Hüseyin. “Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning”. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 4/1 (01 Mart 2021): 96-101. https://doi.org/10.47495/okufbed.824870.
JAMA
1.Ballouch M, Akay F, Erdem S, Tartuk M, Nurdağ TF, Yurdagül HH. Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2021;4:96–101.
MLA
Ballouch, Mohamed, vd. “Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning”. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, c. 4, sy 1, Mart 2021, ss. 96-101, doi:10.47495/okufbed.824870.
Vancouver
1.Mohamed Ballouch, Fatih Akay, Sevtap Erdem, Mesut Tartuk, Taha Furkan Nurdağ, Hasan Hüseyin Yurdagül. Forecasting Call Center Arrivals Using Machine Learning. Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 01 Mart 2021;4(1):96-101. doi:10.47495/okufbed.824870

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