Discriminating among probability weighting functions using adaptive design optimization

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-289

  Cavagnaro, Daniel R ^a   Pitt, Mark A ^b   Gonzalez, Richard ^c   Myung, Jay I ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Experimental design; Model discrimination; Probability weighting; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890567219     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-013-9179-3     Document Type: Article

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