Year: 1993
Type: article
Abstract: We propose a neural model of multiattribute‐decision processes, based on an attractor neural network with dynamic thresholds. The model may be viewed as a generalization of the elimination by aspects model, whereby simultaneous selection of several aspects is allowed. Depending on the amount of synaptic inhibition, various kinds of scanning strategies may be performed, leading in some cases to vacillations among the alternatives. The model predicts that decisions of a longer time duration exhibit a lower violation of the simple scalability law, as opposed to shorter decisions. Furthermore, the model is suggested as a general attribute‐based decision module. Accordingly, various decision strategies are manifested depending on the module's parameters.
Source: Cognitive Science
Authors: Marius Usher, Dan Zakay
Institutions: California Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University
Language: English
Subfield: General Decision Sciences
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1999714082