Accuracy Maximization Analysis for Sensory-Perceptual Tasks: Computational Improvements, Filter Robustness, and Coding Advantages for Scaled Additive Noise

Johannes Burge; Priyank Jaini

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005281

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Accuracy Maximization Analysis for Sensory-Perceptual Tasks: Computational Improvements, Filter Robustness, and Coding Advantages for Scaled Additive Noise

Johannes Burge ,

* E-mail: jburge@sas.upenn.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Priyank Jaini

Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7689-2557

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Accuracy Maximization Analysis for Sensory-Perceptual Tasks: Computational Improvements, Filter Robustness, and Coding Advantages for Scaled Additive Noise

Johannes Burge,
Priyank Jaini

Published: February 8, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005281

About the Authors

Johannes Burge

* E-mail: jburge@sas.upenn.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Priyank Jaini

Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7689-2557

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB. Performed the experiments: JB PJ. Analyzed the data: JB PJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB PJ. Wrote the paper: JB PJ.

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