Decision makers often must pool probability estimates from multiple experts before making a choice. Such pooling sometimes improves accuracy and other times diagnosticity. This article uses a cognitive model of the judge and the decision maker’s classification of the information to explain why. Given a very weak model of the judge, the important factor is the degree to which their information b...

We study maximum likelihood estimation of regression parameters in generalized linear models for a binary response with error-prone covariates when the distribution of the error-prone covariate or the link function is misspecified. We revisit the remeasurement method proposed by Huang, Stefanski, and Davidian (2006) for detecting latent-variable model misspecification and examine its operating ...

cognitive impairment may be a common even at the onset of multiple sclerosis (ms). in this case-control study, we tried to find out the probable relationship between homocysteine levels and cerebral atrophy or cognitive impairment in patients with multiple sclerosis. one hundred fifty six patients who had ms according to mcdonald diagnostic criteria were included in this study. patients’ age, g...

In this paper we are interested in the computational and formal analysis of the persuasive impact that an argument can have on a human. We present a preliminary account of the listener mental process (representation and reasoning mechanisms of the dual process cognitive model) as well as her engagement based on the ELM model. This engagement determines the reasoning process that the agent will ...

■ The Eighth International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning about Physical Systems (QR ‘94) was held on 7–10 June 1994 in Nara, Japan. Fifty-three people participated, and 34 papers were presented in either oral or poster sessions. The papers either addressed core issues of qualitative reasoning or extended the field along three axes: (1) cognitive modeling, (2) mathematical sophistication, an...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate qualitative differences in the diagnostic reasoning process at different developmental stages of expertise. A qualitative design was used to study cognitive processes that characterize the diagnosis of oral disease at the stages of beginner (five junior students who had passed the NBDE I), competent (five GPR first-year residents), and expert dentists (...