In order to verify models of collective behaviors of animals, robots could be manipulated to implement the model and interact with real animals in a mixed-society. This thesis describes design of the behavioral hierarchy of a miniature robot, that is able to interact with cockroaches, and participates in their collective decision makings. The robots are controlled via a hierarchical behavior-ba...

objective: the main objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of social skill training as a classroom program in schoolgirl students of a primary school with a control group. method: the 4th grade school girls of two classes in a primary school and at least one of their parents or caregivers participated in this study and they were allocated in the case and control groups. the student'...

customer activity has received more attention due to the increase of social network applications. moreover, customer activity could be an answer to the research debate about the significant relationship between retention rate and lifetime profitability of customers. several researchers believe that an increase in the retention rate of customers may enhance their customer lifetime value (clv), o...

Cognitive hierarchy models have been developed to explain systematic deviations from the equilibrium behavior in certain classes of games. This paper introduces an endogenous cognitive hierarchy model, which better explains the behavioral heterogeneity of the strategies in games for which the standard cognitive hierarchy model provides an unreasonable prediction. As in the previous models, each...

Behavioral modules are units of behavior providing reusable building blocks that can be composed sequentially and hierarchically to generate extensive ranges of behavior. Hierarchies of behavioral modules facilitate learning complex skills and planning at multiple levels of abstraction and enable agents to incrementally improve their competence for facing new challenges that arise over extended...

This paper presents an integrative research-derived model to explain comorbidity among SUDs, externalizing disorders, and internalizing disorders. This hierarchical model is based on phenotypic covariance among the disorders and latent common genetic liability. At the highest level of the hierarchy, general genetically-influenced biological dispositions to negative emotionality and behavioral d...

Customer activity has received more attention due to the increase of social network applications. Moreover, customer activity could be an answer to the research debate about the significant relationship between retention rate and lifetime profitability of customers. Several researchers believe that an increase in the retention rate of customers may enhance their customer lifetime value (CLV), o...