Empirical performance of optimal bayesian adaptive estimation

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-11

  García Pérez, Miguel Ángel ^a   Alcalá Quintana, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

2afc tasks; Bayesian adaptive methods; Point of subjective equality; Psychophysics; Sequential procedures; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67449097603     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600001426     Document Type: Article

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