Liqiu Suo1, Lin Xia1, Yoona Chung1, Eunchan Kim1,2,*
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.87, No.1, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.076329
- 10 February 2026
Abstract Accurate purchase prediction in e-commerce critically depends on the quality of behavioral features. This paper proposes a layered and interpretable feature engineering framework that organizes user signals into three layers: Basic, Conversion & Stability (efficiency and volatility across actions), and Advanced Interactions & Activity (cross-behavior synergies and intensity). Using real Taobao (Alibaba’s primary e-commerce platform) logs (57,976 records for 10,203 users; 25 November–03 December 2017), we conducted a hierarchical, layer-wise evaluation that holds data splits and hyperparameters fixed while varying only the feature set to quantify each layer’s marginal contribution. Across logistic regression (LR), decision… More >