Publications
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Jump to section: Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems | Rationality and Cognition | Machine Learning | Introducing Artificial Intelligence
Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems
- Moussaïd, M., Brighton, H., & Gaissmaier, W. (2015)
The amplification of risk in experimental diffusion chains
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 112(18), 5631-5636. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421883112 - Kirby, S. Smith, K. & Brighton, H. (2007)
From UG to universals: Linguistic adaptation through iterated learning
In: M. Penke & A. Rosenbach (Eds.) What counts as evidence in linguistics: The case of innateness. (pp. 117-138). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. - Kirby, S. Smith, K. & Brighton, H. (2007)
Authors response to commentary
In: Penke, M. and Rosenbach, A. (Eds.) What counts as evidence in linguistics: The case of innateness (pp. 143-145). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. - Brighton, H. & Kirby, S. (2006)
Understanding linguistic evolution by visualising the emergence of topographic mappings
Artificial Life, 12, 229-242. - Brighton, H. Mata, R. & Wilke, A. (2006)
Reconciling vague and formal models of language evolution
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 282-282. - Brighton, H. Kirby, S. & Smith, K. (2005)
Language as an evolutionary system
Physics of Life Reviews, 2, 177-226. doi:10.1016/j.plrev.2005.06.001 - Brighton, H. (2005)
Linguistic evolution and induction by minimum description length
In: Werning, M. and Machery, E. (Eds.) The Compositionality of Concepts and Meanings: Applications to Linguistics, Psychology and Neuroscience (pp. 13-39). Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag. - Brighton, H. Kirby, S. & Smith, K. (2005)
Cultural selection for learnability: Three principles underlying the view that language adapts to be learnable
In: M. Tallerman (Ed.) Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution (pp. 291-309). Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Kirby, S. Smith, K. & Brighton, H. (2004)
From UG to universals: Linguistic adaptation through iterated learning
Studies in Language, 28, 587-607. - Kirby, S. Smith, K. & Brighton, H. (2004)
Author's response to commentary from William Croft
Studies in Language, 28, 612-61. - Brighton, H. (2003)
Simplicity as a driving force in linguistic evolution
Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Edinburgh. - Smith, K. Kirby, S. & Brighton, H. (2003)
Iterated learning: A framework for the emergence of language
Artificial Life, 9, 371-386. - Smith, K. Brighton, H. & Kirby, S. (2003)
Complex systems in language evolution: The cultural emergence of compositional structure
Advances in Complex Systems, 6, 537-558. - Brighton, H. Kirby, S. & Smith, K. (2003)
Situated cognition and the role of multi-agent models in explaining language structure
In E. Alonso, D. Kudenko, & D. Kazakov (Eds.), Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Adaptation and Multi-Agent Learning (pp. 88-109). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. - Brighton, H. (2002)
Compositional syntax from cultural transmission
Artificial Life, 8, 25-54. - Brighton, H. & Kirby, S. (2001)
The survival of the smallest: Stability conditions for the cultural evolution of compositional language
In: J. Kelemen & P. Sosik (Eds.) Advances in Artificial Life (pp. 592-601). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Rationality and Cognition
- Todd, P. M., & Brighton, H. (2016)
Building the theory of ecological rationality
Minds and Machines. doi:10.1007/s11023-015-9371-0 - Brighton, H. & Gigerenzer, G. (2015)
The bias bias
Journal of Business Research, 68, 1772-1784. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.01.061 - Brighton, H. (2013)
Die Zukunft der Diagnostik: Von Optimierung zu Satisficing“
In: G. Gigerenzer & J. A. Muir Gray (Hrsg.) Bessere Arzte, bessere Patienten, bessere Medizin (pp. 289-302). Berlin: Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft. - Gluck, K.A., McNamara, J.M., Brighton, H., Dayan, P., Kareev, Y., Krause, J. Kurzban, R., Selten, R., Stevens, J.R., Voelkl, B., & Wimsatt, W.C. (2012)
Robustness in a variable environment
In: J. R. Stevens & P. Hammerstein (Eds.) Evolution and the Mechanisms of Decision Making (pp. 195-214). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. - Brighton, H. & Gigerenzer, G. (2012)
Are rational actor models "rational" outside small worlds?
In: S. Okasha, & K. Binmore (Eds.) Evolution and Rationality: Decisions, Co-operation, and Strategic Behaviour (pp. 84-109). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Brighton, H. & Gigerenzer, G. (2012)
Homo heuristicus: Less-is-more effects in adaptive cognition
Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 19, 6-16. - Brighton, H. & Gigerenzer, G. (2012)
How heuristics handle uncertainty.
In: P. M. Todd, G. Gigerenzer, & The ABC Research Group (Eds.) Ecological rationality: Intelligence in the world (pp. 33-60). Oxford: Oxford University Press - Brighton, H. & Gigerenzer, G. (2012)
Homo heuristicus and the bias-variance dilemma
In: J. Schulkin (Ed.) Action, Perception and the Brain (pp. 68-91). Book series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan. - Brighton, H. & Gigerenzer, G. (2011)
Towards competitive instead of biased testing of heuristics
Topics in Cognitive Science, 3, 197-205. - Gigerenzer, G. & Brighton, H. (2011)
Homo heuristicus: Why biased minds make better inferences
In: R. Hertwig, T. Pachur, & G. Gigerenzer (Eds.) Heuristics: The Foundations of Adaptive Behaviour (pp. 2-27). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Brighton, H. (2011)
The future of medical diagnostics: From optimizing to satisficing
In: G. Gigerenzer & J. A. M. Gray (Eds.) Better Doctors, Better Patients, Better Decisions: Envisioning Health Care in 2020 (pp. 281-293). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. - Gigerenzer, G. & Brighton, H. (2009)
Homo heuristicus: Why biased minds make better inferences
Topics in Cognitive Science, 1, 107-143. doi:10.1111/j.1756-8765.2008.01006.x - Brighton, H. & Olsson, H. (2009)
Identifying the optimal response is not a necessary step toward explaining function
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 85-86. - Brighton, H. & Gigerenzer, G. (2008)
Bayesian brains and cognitive mechanisms: Harmony or dissonance?
In: N. Chater & M. Oaksford (Eds.) The Probabilistic Mind: Prospects for Bayesian Cognitive Science (pp. 189-208). Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Brighton, H. & Todd, P. M. (2008)
Situating rationality: Ecologically rational decision making with simple heuristics
In: P. Robbins & M. Aydede (Eds.) Cambridge handbook of situated cognition (pp. 322-346). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Gigerenzer, G. & Brighton, H. (2008)
Can hunches be rational?
Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy, 4, 155-175. - Brighton, H. (2006)
Robust inference with simple cognitive models
In: Lebiere, C. and Wray, R. (Eds.) AAAI spring symposium: Cognitive science principles meet AI-hard problems (pp. 17-22). Menlo Park, CA: American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
Machine Learning
- Brighton, H. & Mellish, C. S. (2002).
Advances in instance selection for instance-based learning algorithms
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 6, 153-172. doi:10.1023/A:1014043630878 - Brighton, H. & Mellish, C. S. (2001)
Identifying competence critical instances for instance-based learners
In: Motoda, H. and Liu, H. (Eds.), Instance Selection and Construction for Data Mining (pp. 77-94). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. - Brighton, H. & Mellish, C. S. (1999)
On the consistency of information filters for lazy learning algorithms
In: Zytkow, J.M., and Rauch, J. (Eds.), Principles of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (pp. 283-288). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Introducing Artificial Intelligence
Editions:
- Brighton, H. & Selina, H. (2012)
Artificial Intelligence: A graphic guide
Cambridge: Icon Books. - Brighton, H., & Selina, H. (2007)
Introducing artificial intelligence (2nd Ed.)
Cambridge: Icon Books. - Brighton, H., & Selina, H. (2003)
Introducing artificial intelligence (1st Ed.)
Cambridge: Icon Books.
Translations:
- Brighton, H. & Selina, H. (2015)
L'intelligence artificielle en images. [French]
Paris: EDP Sciences. - Brighton, H. & Selina, H. (2014)
Entendendo Inteligência Artificial. [Brazilian Portuguese]
São Paulo: LeYa Brazil. - Brighton, H., & Selina, H. (2004)
Mesterséges intelligencia másképp. [Hungarian]
Budapest: Edge 2000.