Model selection by normalized maximum likelihood

DOI10.1016/j.jmp.2005.06.008zbMath1100.94008OpenAlexW1999228575MaRDI QIDQ2507907

Jay I. Myung, Mark A. Pitt, Daniel J. Navarro

Publication date: 5 October 2006

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/23025

zbMATH Keywords

minimum description lengthinductive inferencemodel complexitycognitive modeling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cognitive psychology (91E10) Information theory (general) (94A15) General considerations in statistical decision theory (62C05)

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Uses Software

• BayesDA

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