An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks

We present a theory of decision-making in the presence of multiple choices that departs from traditional approaches by explicitly incorporating entropic barriers in a stochastic search process. We analyze response time data from an on-line repository of 15 million blitz chess games, and show that...

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Autores principales: Fernandez Slezak, Diego, Sigman, Mariano, Cecchi, Guillermo A.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Teoría de la decisión
Teoría de los juegos
Toma de decisiones
Proceso aleatorio
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005961
https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/11056
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topic Teoría de la decisión
Teoría de los juegos
Toma de decisiones
Proceso aleatorio
spellingShingle Teoría de la decisión
Teoría de los juegos
Toma de decisiones
Proceso aleatorio
Fernandez Slezak, Diego
Sigman, Mariano
Cecchi, Guillermo A.
An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
description We present a theory of decision-making in the presence of multiple choices that departs from traditional approaches by explicitly incorporating entropic barriers in a stochastic search process. We analyze response time data from an on-line repository of 15 million blitz chess games, and show that our model fits not just the mean and variance, but the entire response time distribution (over several response-time orders of magnitude) at every stage of the game. We apply the model to show that (a) higher cognitive expertise corresponds to the exploration of more complex solution spaces, and (b) reaction times of users at an on-line buying website can be similarly explained. Our model can be seen as a synergy between diffusion models used to model simple two-choice decision-making and planning agents in complex problem solving.
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Sigman, Mariano
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title An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title_short An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title_full An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title_fullStr An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title_full_unstemmed An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title_sort entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
publishDate 2018
url https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005961
https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/11056
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