A hierarchical Bayesian model of human decision-making on an optimal stopping problem

Cognitive Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-26

  Lee, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Generative modeling; Hierarchical Bayesian modeling; Optimal stopping; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745910265     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog0000_69     Document Type: Article

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