Of bits and wows: a Bayesian theory of surprise with applications to attention

DOI10.1016/j.neunet.2009.12.007zbMath1401.62225OpenAlexW2019515298WikidataQ40208187 ScholiaQ40208187MaRDI QIDQ1784575

Laurent Itti, Pierre Baldi

Publication date: 27 September 2018

Published in: Neural Networks (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc2860069

zbMATH Keywords

attentionrelative entropyinformationsurpriseeye movements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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Uses Software

• BayesDA
• ElemStatLearn

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