Optimal categorization
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Optimal categorization
The importance of categorical reasoning in human cognition is well-established in psychology and cognitive science, and one of the most important functions of categorization is to facilitate prediction. This paper provides a model of optimal categorization. In the beginning of each period a subject observes a two-dimensional object in one dimension and wants to predict the objects value in the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Theory
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0022-0531
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2014.03.007