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In this paper we explore a class of belief update operators, in which the definition of the operator is compositional with respect to the sentence to be added. The goal is to provide an update operator that is intuitive, in that its definition is based on a recursive decomposition of the update sentence's structure, and that may be reasonably ...
Pelletier, Francis J. +2 more
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Interval-valued Evidence Updating with Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis for Fault Diagnosis
Information fusion methods based on Dempster-Shafer evidence theory (DST) have been widely used in fault diagnosis. In DST-based methods, the monitoring information collected from sensors is modeled as multiple pieces of diagnosis evidence in the form of
Xiaobin Xu +3 more
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Correcting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation in 10 countries
What can be done to reduce misperceptions about COVID-19 vaccines? We present results from experiments conducted simultaneously on YouGov samples in 10 countries (N = 10 600), which reveal that factual corrections consistently reduce false beliefs about ...
Ethan Porter +2 more
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Reexamination on updating Choquet beliefs [PDF]
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Maximum Relative Entropy Updating and the Value of Learning
We examine the possibility of justifying the principle of maximum relative entropy (MRE) considered as an updating rule by looking at the value of learning theorem established in classical decision theory.
Patryk Dziurosz-Serafinowicz
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Biased belief updating in depression
Cognitive approaches to depression have benefitted from recent research on belief updating, examining how new information is used to alter beliefs. This review presents recent advances in understanding various sources of bias in belief updating in depression.
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Changing minds about climate change: a pervasive role for domain-general metacognition
Updating one’s beliefs about the causes and effects of climate change is crucial for altering attitudes and behaviours. Importantly, metacognitive abilities - insight into the (in)correctness of one’s beliefs- play a key role in the formation of ...
Sophie De Beukelaer +4 more
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Relative Maximum Likelihood updating of ambiguous beliefs [PDF]
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Belief Formation and Belief Updating Under Ambiguity: Evidence from Experiments [PDF]
Decisions under ambiguity depend on both the belief regarding possible scenarios and the attitude towards ambiguity. This paper exclusively focuses on beliefs, measured independent from attitudes. We use laboratory experiments to elicit the subjective belief formation and belief updating process in an ambiguous environment.
Li, Wenhui, Wilde, Christian
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Minds and Brains, Sleep and Psychiatry
Objective This article offers a philosophical thesis for psychiatric disorders that rests upon some simple truths about the mind and brain. Specifically, it asks whether the dual aspect monism—that emerges from sleep research and theoretical neurobiology—
J. Allan Hobson +2 more
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