Towards the design of prospect-theory based human decision rules for hypothesis testing

V. Sriram Siddhardh Nadendla, Swastik Brahma, Pramod K. Varshney

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Abstract

Detection rules have traditionally been designed for rational agents that minimize the Bayes risk (average decision cost). With the advent of crowd-sensing systems, there is a need to redesign binary hypothesis testing rules for behavioral agents, whose cognitive behavior is not captured by traditional utility functions such as Bayes risk. In this paper, we adopt prospect theory based models for decision makers. We consider special agent models namely optimists and pessimists in this paper, and derive optimal detection rules under different scenarios. Using an illustrative example, we also show how the decision rule of a human agent deviates from the Bayesian decision rule under various behavioral models, considered in this paper.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication54th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages766-773
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781509045495
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 10 2017
Event54th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2016 - Monticello, United States
Duration: Sep 27 2016Sep 30 2016

Publication series

Name54th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2016

Other

Other54th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonticello
Period9/27/169/30/16

Keywords

  • Binary Hypothesis Testing
  • Optimists
  • Pessimists
  • Prospect Theory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Control and Optimization

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