Model selection by normalized maximum likelihood

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

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

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 length; inductive inference; model complexity; cognitive modeling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91E10: Cognitive psychology

94A15: Information theory (general)

62C05: General considerations in statistical decision theory

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Uses Software

• BayesDA

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