Measuring model flexibility with parameter space partitioning: An introduction and application example

Cognitive Science

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1285-1303

  Pitt, Mark A ^a   Myung, Jay I ^a   Montenegro, Maximiliano ^a   Pooley, James ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectionist models of speech perception; Model comparison; Parameter space partitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549117028     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210802477534     Document Type: Conference Paper

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