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.

该奖项为建立一个研究机构提供资金。 数学行为科学训练小组。 学院 该小组由优秀的高级和初级调查员组成 他们来自不同的学科背景，但是 在使用数学模型方面有着共同的兴趣， 研究认知及相关现象的学科。 研究项目 目的是调查 公理和基础问题，并在建模行为 心理物理学现象，决策，认知过程 和社交网络。 这些资金将为毕业生提供助学金 学生和博士后研究员，将支付部分费用， 学员的研究，并将使学员参加 科学会议。 此外，资金将用于购买 专门研究设备，供受训人员使用，并带来 来自其他研究和学术机构的客座教授， 提供专门的研讨会和课程。 传统上，对行为的研究是由 调查人员在一些不同的学科，往往定义 行为所涉及的主体。 因此存在 经济学、政治学、经济学、社会学、经济学、政治学、 科学、社会学、人类学、风险管理和决策 科学，除此之外。 由于相当专业的 每个学科和不同领域所需的知识， 这种行为可能会发生， 研究人员确定行为的潜在共性 模式. 越来越多地使用数学模型， 提供了一个重要的方法来确定这种共性 并提供一种方法，用于应用在一个 纪律，解决别人的问题。 培训计划资助 通过这个奖项将产生研究人员能够桥梁学科 并将数学的全部力量运用到 社会科学和认知科学中的各种问题。