Title: A quantum dynamic belief model to explain the interference effects of categorization on decision making,
Abstract: Categorization is necessary for many decision making tasks. However, the
categorization process may interfere the decision making result and the law of
total probability can be violated in some situations. To predict the
interference effect of categorization, some model based on quantum probability
has been proposed. In this paper, a new quantum dynamic belief (QDB) model is
proposed. Considering the precise decision may not be made during the process,
the concept of uncertainty is introduced in our model to simulate real human
thinking process. Then the interference effect categorization can be predicted
by handling the uncertain information. The proposed model is applied to a
categorization decision-making experiment to explain the interference effect of
categorization. Compared with other models, our model is relatively more
succinct and the result shows the correctness and effectiveness of our model.