A multidimensional stochastic theory of similarity

DOI10.1016/0022-2496(88)90023-5zbMath0654.92021OpenAlexW2072077693MaRDI QIDQ1108970

Joseph J. Palen, Kenneth Mullen, Daniel M. Ennis

Publication date: 1988

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/27046

zbMATH Keywords

multivariate normal distributionsdistance-based similarity functionexpected value of similaritymental representations of stimulus objectsmultidimensional theory of similaritymultidimensonal scalingsame- different judgmentsThurstonian extension of Shepard's model of identification performance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical psychology (91E99) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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