An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks

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Fernandez Slezak, Diego; Sigman, Mariano; Cecchi, Guillermo Alberto
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2018
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We present a theory of decision-making in the presence of multiple choices that departs from traditional approaches by explicitly incorporating entropic barriers in a stochastic search process. We analyze response time data from an on-line repository of 15 million blitz chess games, and show that our model fits not just the mean and variance, but the entire response time distribution (over several response-time orders of magnitude) at every stage of the game. We apply the model to show that (a) higher cognitive expertise corresponds to the exploration of more complex solution spaces, and (b) reaction times of users at an on-line buying website can be similarly explained. Our model can be seen as a synergy between diffusion models used to model simple two-choice decision-making and planning agents in complex problem solving.
Fil: Fernandez Slezak, Diego. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Computación; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Computación. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Computación; Argentina
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Cecchi, Guillermo Alberto. IBM Research. Thomas J. Watson Research Center; Estados Unidos
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Decision-making
Entropic barriers
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
spellingShingle An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
Fernandez Slezak, Diego
Decision-making
Entropic barriers
title_short An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title_full An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title_fullStr An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title_full_unstemmed An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
title_sort An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernandez Slezak, Diego
Sigman, Mariano
Cecchi, Guillermo Alberto
author Fernandez Slezak, Diego
author_facet Fernandez Slezak, Diego
Sigman, Mariano
Cecchi, Guillermo Alberto
author_role author
author2 Sigman, Mariano
Cecchi, Guillermo Alberto
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Decision-making
Entropic barriers
topic Decision-making
Entropic barriers
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.7
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We present a theory of decision-making in the presence of multiple choices that departs from traditional approaches by explicitly incorporating entropic barriers in a stochastic search process. We analyze response time data from an on-line repository of 15 million blitz chess games, and show that our model fits not just the mean and variance, but the entire response time distribution (over several response-time orders of magnitude) at every stage of the game. We apply the model to show that (a) higher cognitive expertise corresponds to the exploration of more complex solution spaces, and (b) reaction times of users at an on-line buying website can be similarly explained. Our model can be seen as a synergy between diffusion models used to model simple two-choice decision-making and planning agents in complex problem solving.
Fil: Fernandez Slezak, Diego. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Computación; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Computación. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Computación; Argentina
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Cecchi, Guillermo Alberto. IBM Research. Thomas J. Watson Research Center; Estados Unidos
description We present a theory of decision-making in the presence of multiple choices that departs from traditional approaches by explicitly incorporating entropic barriers in a stochastic search process. We analyze response time data from an on-line repository of 15 million blitz chess games, and show that our model fits not just the mean and variance, but the entire response time distribution (over several response-time orders of magnitude) at every stage of the game. We apply the model to show that (a) higher cognitive expertise corresponds to the exploration of more complex solution spaces, and (b) reaction times of users at an on-line buying website can be similarly explained. Our model can be seen as a synergy between diffusion models used to model simple two-choice decision-making and planning agents in complex problem solving.
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