Summary of Customer Lifetime Value Prediction with Uncertainty Estimation Using Monte Carlo Dropout, by Xinzhe Cao et al.
Customer Lifetime Value Prediction with Uncertainty Estimation Using Monte Carlo Dropout
by Xinzhe Cao, Yadong Xu, Xiaofeng Yang
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a novel approach to accurately predict customer Lifetime Value (LTV) by enhancing traditional deep learning models with the Monte Carlo Dropout (MCD) framework. The proposed method is benchmarked using data from one of the most downloaded mobile games and demonstrates substantial improvements in predictive performance, particularly when considering model uncertainty. Additionally, the approach provides a confidence metric for evaluating performance across various neural network models, enabling more informed business decisions. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps companies predict how much money customers will spend over their lifetime, which is important for making good business decisions. The usual way to do this uses deep learning models, but they only give one answer and don’t show how sure they are about it. To fix this, the researchers added a new idea called Monte Carlo Dropout to the model, which makes it better at predicting what customers will do. They tested their method with data from a popular mobile game and showed that it works much better than other methods. This approach also gives a special number that shows how sure the model is about its predictions, which can help businesses make more informed decisions. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Dropout » Neural network
