Research Training Group in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences

数学行为科学研究训练组

• 批准号: 9014278
• 负责人: R. Duncan Luce
• 金额: $ 139.36万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-09-15 至 1997-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9014278&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Training; Group; Mathematical; Behavioral

This award provides funds for the establishment of a Research Training Group in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences. The faculty group is a mixture of outstanding senior and junior investigators who come from a diverse set of disciplinary backgrounds, but who share a common interest in the use of mathematical models in the study of cognition and related phenomena. The research programs in which trainees will participate are aimed at investigation of axiomatic and foundational issues, and at modeling behavioral phenomena from psychophysics, decision making, cognition processes and social networks. The funds will provide stipends for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, will defray part of the cost of the trainees' research and will enable the trainees to attend scientific meetings. In addition, funds will be used to purchase specialized research equipment to be used by trainees, and to bring visiting faculty from other research and academic institutions to provide specialized seminars and coursework. Traditionally, the study of behavior has been undertaken by investigators in a number of distinct disciplines, often defined by the subjects with which the behavior deals. Thus there are important behavioral aspects to the study of economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, risk management and decision science, among others. Because of the considerable specialized knowledge required by each discipline and the differing arenas in which the behavior may occur, it has been difficult for investigators to identify underlying commonalities in behavior patterns. Increasingly, the use of mathematical models is providing an important approach for identifying such commonalities and for providing a means for applying principles recognized in one discipline to the problems of another. The training program funded by this award will produce researchers able to bridge disciplines and to bring the full power of mathematics to bear on a large variety of problems in the social and cognitive sciences.

该奖项为成立数学行为科学研究小组的建立提供了资金。 该教职员工是来自各种纪律背景的杰出高级和初级研究人员的混合，但在认知和相关现象研究中使用数学模型具有共同的兴趣。 学员将参加的研究计划旨在调查公理和基础问题，以及对心理物理学，决策，认知过程和社交网络的行为现象进行建模。 这些资金将为研究生和博士后研究员提供津贴，将为受训人员的研究成本提供部分费用，并使学员能够参加科学会议。 此外，资金将用于购买专门的研究设备，并将带来其他研究和学术机构的来访教师，以提供专业的研讨会和课程。 传统上，研究人员在许多不同的学科中进行了对行为的研究，这些学科通常由行为交易的受试者定义。 因此，对经济学，政治学，社会学，人类学，风险管理和决策科学等的研究有重要的行为方面。 由于每个学科所需的大量专业知识以及可能发生这种行为的不同领域，因此研究人员很难确定行为模式中的基本共同点。 越来越多的数学模型的使用提供了一种重要的方法来识别这种共同点，并提供一种将在一项学科中识别的原则应用于另一种问题的方法。 该奖项资助的培训计划将使研究人员能够桥接学科，并带来数学的全部力量，以解决社会和认知科学中各种各样的问题。