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任务描述：
参赛者需要使用京东多个品类下商品的历史销售数据，构建算法模型，预测用户在未来5天内，对某个目标品类下商品的购买意向。对于训练集中出现的每一个用户，参赛者的模型需要预测该用户在未来5天内是否购买目标品类下的商品以及所购买商品的SKU_ID。评测算法将针对参赛者提交的预测结果，计算加权得分。

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ipython notebook for data exploration and data transformation

package used: pandas, numpy, matplotlib, sklearn

First predict customers that will make a purchase. Then use their history to predict products that they will get.

Users can be classified into $m$ groups, with unique parameters for each group.

User behavior follows poisson distribution, for behavior type $i$, the poisson intensity for group $j$ is $\lambda_ji$. P(behavior|user in group j) is the corresponding poisson probability.

Assuming that the prior probability for a user in any group is equal, then Bayesian probability for user in group j is given as, $$ P(user in group j|behavior) = \frac{P(behavior|user in group j)}{\sum_k {P(behavior|user in group k)}} $$

Assuming that the effect of an action generates an exponential impulse of $e^{-\lambda_ji}$, then the probability for purchase at a time point is $$ P(purchase) = \sum_i {P(purchase|behavior i) * \sum {behavior * impulse}} $$

The algorithm alternatively updates P(purchase|behavior i) or $\lamda_ji$. The group for users in a mini-batch is determined by probability calculated from $\lambda$.

Update is performed with momentum $\mu$ to reduce the effect of noise.

Test is performed at every 100 iterations, to evaulate error.