Obtaining the best value for money in adaptive sequential estimation

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 475-480

  Kujala, Janne V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Active learning; Bayesian adaptive estimation; Cost of observation; Decision theory; Optimal design; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149413360     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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