Categorization as probability density estimation

DOI10.1006/jmps.1995.1021zbMath0840.62098OpenAlexW2082929796MaRDI QIDQ1899553

F. Gregory Ashby, Leola A. Alfonso-Reese

Publication date: 17 October 1995

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmps.1995.1021

zbMATH Keywords

consistencyrepresentationdensity estimationminimum variance unbiased estimatorcategorization modelsprototype modelcategory accessdecision-bound modelsresponse selection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric estimation (62G05) Point estimation (62F10) Mathematical psychology (91E99) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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