[ACT-R-users] sensitivity analyses of ACT-R parameters

[Frank Ritter]

Coty, related, also see:

Ritter, F. E., Schoelles, M. J., Quigley, K. S., Klein, L. C. (2011). 
Determining the number of simulation runs: Treating simulations as 
theories by not sampling their behavior.  In S. Narayanan & L. 
Rothrock (eds.) Human-in-the-loop simulations: Methods and practice. 
London: Springer.
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/ritterSQKip.pdf

in that paper we argue for knowing how many times to run your models 
to see differences that you want to see.

these two papers modified parameters to fit models, related.
Jones, G., Ritter, F. E., & Wood, D. J. (2000). Using a cognitive 
architecture to examine what develops. Psychological Science, 11(2), 
93-100.
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/jonesRW00.pdf

Ritter, F. E., Kase, S. E., Klein, L. C., Bennett, J., & Schoelles, 
M. (2009). Fitting a model to behavior tells us what changes 
cognitively when under stress and with caffeine.  In Proceedings of 
the Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Symposium at the 
AAAI Fall Syposium.  Keynote presentation. Technical Report FS-09-01. 
109-115.  AAAI Press: Menlo Park, CA.
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/ritterKKBS09.pdf

cheers,

Frank