Detection theory or signal detection theory is a means to measure the ability to differentiate between information-bearing patterns (called stimulus in...

The snake detection theory, also sometimes called the snake detection hypothesis, suggests that snakes have contributed to the evolution of primates'...

detective in attempting to reconstruct a sequence of events by identifying the relevant information in a situation. Object detection Signal detection theory...

Shannon, C.E. Timeline of information theory Yockey, H.P. Andrey Kolmogorov Coding theory Detection theory Estimation theory Fisher information Information algebra...

or death. This decision process can be mapped as below using Signal Detection Theory: Many animals exhibit agency detention when avoiding or hunting other...

stress. Green and Swets formulated the Signal Detection Theory, or SDT, in 1966 to characterize detection task performance sensitivity while accounting...

dual-process signal-detection/high-threshold theory tries to reconcile dual-process theory and signal-detection theory into one main theory. This theory states that...

In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunications, error detection and correction (EDAC) or error control...

Coefficient of determination Constant false alarm rate Detection error tradeoff Detection theory F1 score False alarm Hypothesis tests for accuracy Precision...

etc. – that an organism could detect. Under the influence of signal detection theory, absolute threshold has been redefined as the level at which a stimulus...

Canny also produced a computational theory of edge detection explaining why the technique works. Canny edge detection is a technique to extract useful structural...

point) is a decision rule used in artificial intelligence, decision theory, game theory, statistics, and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for...

a popular distribution for modelling sea clutter characteristics. Detection theory False alarm Pulse-Doppler signal processing Receiver operating characteristic...

index or d′ (pronounced "dee-prime") is a statistic used in signal detection theory. It provides the separation between the means of the signal and the...

to combinatorics and detection theory. His 1948 paper introduced many tools used in combinatorics. He did work on detection theory in 1944, with his work...

heavily on threshold measurement, ideal observer analysis, and signal detection theory. Psychophysics has widespread and important practical applications...

the process of gathering information about the surroundings through the detection of stimuli. Although, in some cultures, five human senses were traditionally...

mathematical theories of psychological processes, including Luce's theory of choice, Tanner and Swets' introduction of signal detection theory for human...

alarms, smoke detectors, industrial alarms, fire alarms and in signal detection theory. False alarms have the potential to divert emergency responders away...

(statistics) Detection theory Efficiency (statistics) Expectation-maximization algorithm (EM algorithm) Fermi problem Grey box model Information theory Least-squares...

or detectability index is a dimensionless statistic used in signal detection theory. A higher index indicates that the signal can be more readily detected...

can alleviate the effect of verbalization on identification. Signal detection theory views impaired recognition as caused by a reduced ability to discriminate...

Preference (economics) Prospect theory Quantum cognition Rational choice theory Rationality Secretary problem Signal detection theory Small-numbers game Stochastic...

In statistical analysis, change detection or change point detection tries to identify times when the probability distribution of a stochastic process...

Freudian slips, projective tests, subliminal perception and signal detection theory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 1, 174–179. Motley, M...

other fields, signal detection theory (or detection theory) has been the classic theory under which such tasks are analyzed. The theory assumes that there...

spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to applied disciplines (including the design and implementation...

experts in quantum information theory. He authored several other textbooks on signal detection and estimation theory. He was born in Easton, PA, on February...

has taken place. In many cases, the model is chosen on the basis of detection theory to try to guess the probability of an outcome given a set amount of...

first theory of how judgments about sensory experiences are made and how to experiment on them. Fechner's theory, recognized today as Signal Detection Theory...