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Peer reviewedAnderson, John R. – Psychological Review, 1991
A rational model of human categorization behavior is presented that assumes that categorization reflects the derivation of optimal estimates of the probability of unseen features of objects. A case is made that categorization behavior can be predicted from the structure of the environment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Bayesian Statistics, Behavior Patterns, Classification
