Information search with situation-specific reward functions

The goal of obtaining information to improve classification accuracy can strongly conflict with the goal of obtaining information for improving payoffs. Two environments with such a conflict were identified through computer optimization. Three subsequent experiments investigated people’s search beha...

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Main Authors: Björn Meder, Jonathan D. Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2012-03-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500002977/type/journal_article