University of Michigan–Dearborn

Chimpanzees attribute agency to virtual animals, but not to self-propelled shapes

Discriminating agents from inanimate objects is essential for predicting others' behaviour. Although chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) differentiate between agents and objects, the cues underlying this ability remain unclear. We investigated chimpanzees' agency attribution using a vi...

A dual-LSTM model for CLV distributions: Diverging paths and bimodalities

Abstract Virtually all customer lifetime value (CLV) models reduce the future of a customer to a single number, its expected value, implicitly assuming managers are indifferent to how that value materializes. Yet in a survey of management consultants from a leading global strateg...

A data-driven channel infilling rate forecasting framework with quantified uncertainty for Southwest Pass and Houston Ship Channel

Dredging operations in navigational waterways are essential to maintain channel depth to ensure the safe passage of vessels. Existing shoaling forecasting tools often rely on heuristics or direct modeling of cumulative sedimentation, limiting lead time and predictive reliability....

Analytical study on the exposedness of potential positions for external human-machine interfaces

As we move towards a future of autonomous vehicles, questions regarding their method of communication have arisen. One of the common concerns is the placement of the signaling used to communicate with pedestrians and road users, but few works have been fully dedicated to the matt...

Cyber resilience in next-generation networks: threat landscape, theoretical foundations, and design paradigms

The evolution of networked systems, driven by innovations in software-defined networking, network function virtualization, open radio access networks (O-RAN) and cloud-native architectures, is redefining both the operational landscape and the threat surface of critical infrastruc...