AI RESEARCH
A Rational Account of Categorization Based on Information Theory
arXiv CS.AI
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ArXi:2603.29895v1 Announce Type: new We present a new theory of categorization based on an information-theoretic rational analysis. To evaluate this theory, we investigate how well it can account for key findings from classic categorization experiments conducted by Hayes-Roth and Hayes-Roth, Medin and Schaffer, and Smith and Minda.