signal detection theory
Signal detection theory and its applications: sensitivity (d-prime) and response criterion separation, ROC analysis, detection of weak or uncertain signals in noise, and SDT applied to monitoring, hazard detection, and alarm response. The foundational detection framework, distinct from sustained_attention_vigilance (performance decline over time on watch) and from workload_measurement (quantifying demand); papers whose core contribution is detection-theoretic analysis of human performance.
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Beyond detection rate: understanding the vigilance decrement using signal detection theory · 2025 · Skinner, Henri Etel et al. · archived
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Applications of Signal Detection Theory in Monitoring Performance and Medical Diagnosis ↗ · 1980 · Parasuraman, Raja · indexed
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A More Parsimonious Approach to Estimating Signal Detection Theory Measures ↗ · 2006 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. et al. · indexed
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Calculation of signal detection theory measures · 1999 · Stanislaw, Harold et al. · archived
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Theoretical Implications and Practical Applications of the <i>a-b</i> Signal Detection Theory Model for Human-Automation Interaction ↗ · 2010 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. · indexed
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Effects of Noise and of Signal Rate upon Vigilance Analysed by Means of Decision Theory ↗ · 1965 · Broadbent, Donald Eric · indexed
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From basic to applied research: theory and application of the<i>a–b</i>signal detection theory model ↗ · 2011 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. · indexed
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The Effects of Values and Costs on the Detection and Identification of Signals in Auditory Vigilance ↗ · 1966 · Levine, Jerrold M. · indexed
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The vigilance decrement: its first 75 years · 2025 · Klein, Raymond M. et al. · archived
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Effects of varying the threshold of alarm systems and workload on human performance ↗ · 2007 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. et al. · indexed
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Decision theory analysis of response latencies in vigilance. ↗ · 1976 · Parasuraman, Raja et al. · indexed
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Robustness of the <i>a b</i> Signal Detection Theory Model of Decision Making ↗ · 2007 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. et al. · indexed
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Engineered Visibility Warning Signals: Tests of Time to React, Detectability, Identifiability and Salience · 1996 · Cohn, Theodore E. · archived
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Modeling the Vigilance Decrement in a Two-Boundary Signal Detection Task ↗ · 2026 · Hankey, Kayla R. et al. · indexed
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Signal Design Handbook: A New Framework for Designing Alarms, Alerts, and Warnings in Air Traffic Control · 2025 · Ruskin, Keith J. et al. · archived
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Comparing three methods of measuring human judgment performance in an air traffic conflict prediction task ↗ · 2003 · Bass, Ellen J. et al. · indexed
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ATC Signaling Systems: A Review of the Literature on Alarms, Alerts, and Warnings · 2020 · Ruskin, Keith J et al. · archived
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Using Sensitivity and Bias in Signal Detection Theory to Predict Proportion Correctness: Simulation Study · 2023 · Huang, Chunxi et al. · archived
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A Handbook for Signal Design: Alarms, Alerts, and Warnings in Air Traffic Control · 2022 · Ruskin, Keith J et al. · archived
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Two modern signal detection approaches: Two sense analysis and content in maskers · 2024 · Wang, Yiren · archived
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Evoked Potential Correlates of Response Criterion in Auditory Signal Detection ↗ · 1972 · Paul, Dina Doré et al. · indexed
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Driver behavior at rail-highway grade crossings : a signal detection theory analysis · 1996 · Raslear, Thomas G. · archived
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Linking the Detection Response Task and the AttenD Algorithm Through Assessment of Human–Machine Interface Workload · 2017 · Lee, Joonbum et al. · archived
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Memory Load and Event Rate Control Sensitivity Decrements in Sustained Attention ↗ · 1979 · Parasuraman, Raja · indexed
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Evidence accumulation modelling in the wild: understanding safety-critical decisions · 2022 · Boag, Russell J. et al. · archived
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Comparison Between Visual and Tactile Signal Detection Tasks Applied to the Safety Assessment of In-Vehicle Information Systems ↗ · 2005 · Engström, Johan et al. · indexed
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The Effect of Stimulus Modality on Signal Detection: Implications for Assessing the Safety of In-Vehicle Technology ↗ · 2008 · Merat, Natasha et al. · indexed
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Dual-Task Performance Consequences of Imperfect Alerting Associated With a Cockpit Display of Traffic Information · 2007 · Wickens, C. D. · archived
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An Application of Signal Detection Theory for Understanding Driver Behavior at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings · 2009 · Yeh, Michelle et al. · archived
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Divided attention between simultaneous auditory and visual signals · 1998 · Bonnel, Anne-Marie et al. · archived
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An Exploration of the Feasibility of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Neurofeedback Cueing System for the Mitigation of the Vigilance Decrement ↗ · 2017 · Hancock, Gabriella M. · indexed
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Enhancing Perceived Situation Awareness and Reducing Perceived Workload with a Likelihood Alarm Display ↗ · 2005 · Fallon, Corey K. et al. · indexed
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Processing resource demands of failure detection in dynamic systems. ↗ · 1979 · Wickens, C. D. et al. · indexed
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Understanding driver behavior at grade crossings through signal detection theory. · 2013 · Yeh, Michelle et al. · archived
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Cognitive workload measurement and modeling under divided attention. · 2019 · Strayer, David L. et al. · archived
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Selection for vigilance assignments: a review and proposed new direction ↗ · 2010 · Reinerman-Jones, Lauren et al. · indexed
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An Adaptive Vigilance Task with Knowledge of Results · 1974 · Wiener, Earl L. · archived
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Engaging the human operator: a review of the theoretical support for the vigilance decrement and a discussion of practical applications ↗ · 2019 · Neigel, Alexis R. et al. · indexed
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An Application of Signal Detection Theory for Understanding Driver Behavior at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings · 2009 · Yeh, Michelle et al. · archived
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Automatic and Controlled Processing Approach to Interpreting Vigilance Performance ↗ · 1985 · Fisk, Arthur D. · indexed
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Optimizing multimodal alarms to mitigate inattentional blindness in air traffic control · 2025 · Wickens, C. D. · archived
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A Handbook for Effective Signaling in Air Traffic Control Phase 2: Signaling Philosophy · 2021 · Ruskin, Keith J et al. · archived
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The WACDT, a modern vigilance task for network defense ↗ · 2023 · Guidetti, Oliver A. et al. · indexed
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Handbook of Human Performance Measures and Crew Requirements for Flight Deck Research · 1995 · Rehmann, Albert J. · archived
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Can unreliable auditory hazard warnings help the driver? The effect of timing errors and false alarms on road hazard detection in dynamic road scenes · 2026 · Song, Jiali et al. · archived
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Vehicle-Based Drowsy Driver Detection: Current Status and Future Prospects · 1994 · Knipling, Ronald R. et al. · archived
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The role of memory representation in the vigilance decrement · 2004 · Caggiano, Daniel M. et al. · archived
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Examining Methods for Combining Speed and Accuracy in a Go/No-Go Vigilance Task ↗ · 2020 · Mueller, Shane T. et al. · indexed
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Vehicle-Based Drowsy Driver Detection: Current Status And Future Prospects · 1994 · NHTSA · archived
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Use of a Signal Detection Paradigm to Assess Subjective Intersection Points in a Target Location Task ↗ · 1984 · Engelman, William R. et al. · indexed
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Assessing Drivers' Mental Model Of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Using Signal Detection Theory · 2023 · Huang, Chunxi et al. · archived
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Utilizing a remote LED stimulus to concurrently measure cognitive and visual task demand ↗ · 2018 · Motzkus, CJ et al. · indexed
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Separation Management: Automation Reliability Meta-Analysis and Conflict Probe Reliability Analysis · 2012 · Rein, Jonathan R et al. · archived
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Evaluating the impact of grade crossing safety factors through signal detection theory · 2012 · Yeh, Michelle et al. · archived
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Imperfect Diagnostic Automation: An Experimental Examination of Priorities and Threshold Setting ↗ · 2006 · Wickens, Christopher D. et al. · indexed
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An Evaluation of Emerging Driver Fatigue Detection Measures and Technologies [Final report] · 2009 · Barr, Lawrence et al. · archived
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The Influences of Display Highlighting and Size and Event Eccentricity for Aviation Surveillance ↗ · 2003 · Wickens, C. D. · indexed
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Reaction-Time Distributions in the Detection of Weak Signals in Noise ↗ · 1965 · Carterette, Edward C. et al. · indexed
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Visual temporal integration for threshold, signal detectability, and reaction time measures · 1973 · Bruder, Gerard E. et al. · archived
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The Effects of Cognitive and Visual Workload on Peripheral Detection in the Detection Response Task ↗ · 2018 · van Winsum, Wim · indexed
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Modeling the Control of Attention in Visual Workspaces ↗ · 2011 · Steelman, Kelly S. et al. · indexed
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Moderating Effects of Alarm Technology, Type of Automation, and Information Processing Stage on Decision Making in UAS Operations ↗ · 2011 · Vargas, Joseph C. et al. · indexed
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Detectability and choice during visual search: joint effects of sequential priming and discriminability · 1992 · Blough, Patricia M. · archived
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Cue‐Based Processing Capacity, Cognitive Load and the Completion of Simulated Short‐Duration Vigilance Tasks in Power Transmission Control ↗ · 2014 · Small, Aaron J. et al. · indexed
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Theory-based Models of Attention in Visual Workspaces ↗ · 2016 · Steelman, Kelly S. et al. · indexed
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Extending the Detection Response Task to Simultaneously Measure Cognitive and Visual Task Demands ↗ · 2016 · Strayer, David L. · indexed
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Situation Awareness: Review of Mica Endsley's 1995 Articles on Situation Awareness Theory and Measurement ↗ · 2008 · Wickens, Christopher D. · indexed
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Best practices for auditory alarm design in space applications ↗ · 2006 · Begault, Durand et al. · indexed
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Competing for cognitive resources: Measuring workload in a time pressured dual-task environment. · 2018 · Strayer, David L. et al. · archived
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Differential Effects of Likelihood Alarm Technology and False-Alarm vs. Miss Prone Automation on Decision Making ↗ · 2009 · Clark, Rylan M. et al. · indexed
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Potential for driver attention monitoring system development · 1984 · NHTSA · archived
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The neuroergonomic evaluation of human machine interface design in air traffic control using behavioral and EEG/ERP measures · 2015 · Giraudet, Louise et al. · archived
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Differential Effects of Likelihood Alarm Technology and False-Alarm vs. Miss-Prone Automation on Decision-Making Accuracy and Bias ↗ · 2010 · Clark, Rylan M. et al. · indexed
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EXTRAVERSION‐INTROVERSION AND IMPROVEMENT IN AN AUDITORY VIGILANCE TASK* ↗ · 1959 · Bakan, Paul · indexed
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How history trails and set size influence detection of hostile intentions · 2022 · Patton, Colleen E. et al. · archived
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Evidence accumulation in a complex task: Making choices about concurrent multiattribute stimuli under time pressure. · 2016 · Palada, Hector et al. · archived
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More on the speed and accuracy of positive and negative responses. ↗ · 1987 · Ratcliff, Roger · indexed
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Response Times: Their Role in Inferring Elementary Mental Organization ↗ · 1986 · Luce, R. Duncan · indexed
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Response Times: Their Role in Inferring Elementary Mental Organization ↗ · 1986 · Luce, R. Duncan · indexed
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Human Factors in the Design and Evaluation of Air Traffic Control Systems · 1995 · Cardosi, K. M. et al. · archived
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The Use of Brain Evoked Response in a Critical Event Detection Task ↗ · 1985 · Wilson, Glenn F. et al. · indexed
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A novel bias-free approach for robust perceptual threshold estimation · 2026 · Tarasi, Luca et al. · archived
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A hybrid approach to dynamic cognitive psychometrics · 2024 · Tanis, C.C. et al. · archived
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Monitoring dynamic processes with alphanumeric and graphic displays ↗ · 2001 · Oron-Gilad, Tal et al. · indexed
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An Experimental Investigation of Configural, Digital, and Temporal Information on Process Displays ↗ · 1995 · Hansen, John Paulin · indexed
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Pragmatics of measuring recognition memory: Applications to dementia and amnesia. ↗ · 1988 · Snodgrass, Joan Gay et al. · indexed
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Information Extraction from Visual Displays and the Event-Related Brain Potential ↗ · 1990 · Wickens, C. D. · indexed
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Examination of vigilance and disengagement of threat in social anxiety with a probe detection task ↗ · 2009 · Klumpp, Heide et al. · indexed
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Modeling the dynamics of recognition memory testing with an integrated model of retrieval and decision making · 2018 · Osth, Adam F et al. · archived
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Factors in the discrimination of tonal patterns. II. Selective attention and learning under various levels of stimulus uncertainty ↗ · 1976 · Watson, Charles S. et al. · indexed
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The impact of MRI scanner environment on perceptual decision-making · 2015 · Maanen, Leendert van et al. · archived
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Response-Time Dynamics: Evidence for Linear and Low-Dimensional Nonlinear Structure in Human Choice Sequences ↗ · 2001 · Kelly, Alice et al. · indexed
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The Role of the Air Traffic Controller in Future Air Traffic Management: An Empirical Study of Active Control versus Passive Monitoring · 2001 · Metzger, Ulla et al. · archived
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New Orleans Vessel Traffic Service Watchstander Analysis · 1979 · Devoe, Donald B. et al. · archived
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Graphical Performance Measures for Practitioners to Triage Split Failure Trouble Calls ↗ · 2014 · Freije, Richard et al. · indexed
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On the Dependence of P300 Latency on Stimulus Evaluation Processes ↗ · 1984 · Magliero, Anthony et al. · indexed
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Dynamic models of choice · 2018 · Heathcote, Andrew et al. · archived
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A Bayesian approach for estimating the probability of trigger failures in the stop-signal paradigm · 2016 · Matzke, Dóra et al. · archived
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DMCfun: An R package for fitting Diffusion Model of Conflict (DMC) to reaction time and error rate data ↗ · 2021 · Mackenzie, Ian G. et al. · indexed
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Drawing conclusions from choice response time models: A tutorial using the linear ballistic accumulator · 2010 · Donkin, Chris et al. · archived
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On the Deployment and Noise Filtering of Vehicular Radar Application for Detection Enhancement in Roads and Tunnels ↗ · 2018 · Kim, Young-Duk et al. · indexed
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Identification of Mind Awareness from EDA signals using Wavelet based ResNet50 model ↗ · 2024 · Kalyan, Chappidi Sriram et al. · indexed
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OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO THE USE OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL DETECTOR DATA FOR TRAFFIC FORECASTING ↗ · 2001 · Milazzo, Joseph S. et al. · indexed
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A Cautionary Note on Evidence-Accumulation Models of Response Inhibition in the Stop-Signal Paradigm · 2020 · Matzke, Dóra et al. · archived
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An illustrative guide to expressing cognitive theories using evidence accumulation modelling · 2026 · Strickland, Luke et al. · archived
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Robust crack detection for unmanned aerial vehicles inspection in an<i>a-contrario</i>decision framework · 2015 · Aldea, Emanuel et al. · archived
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An Illustrative Guide to Expressing Cognitive Theories using Evidence Accumulation Modeling ↗ · 2025 · Strickland, Luke Joseph Gough et al. · indexed
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An Illustrative Guide to Expressing Cognitive Theories using Evidence Accumulation Modeling ↗ · 2025 · Strickland, Luke et al. · indexed
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ARCHITECTURE OF A DISTRIBUTED CENTRALIZED ALERTING SYSTEM WITH EDGE-BASED ACOUSTIC UAV DETECTION IN HARD REAL-TIME MODE ↗ · 2026 · KOVALOV, Serhii et al. · indexed
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Computer data simulator to assess the accuracy of estimates of visual N2/N2pc event-related potential components · 2020 · Marturano, Francesca et al. · archived
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On how P300 amplitude varies with the utility of the eliciting stimuli ↗ · 1978 · Johnson, Ray et al. · indexed
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Using Likelihood Alert Technology in Cockpit Displays of Traffic Information to Support Free Flight ↗ · 2007 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. · indexed
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An evidential framework for pedestrian detection in high-density crowds · 2017 · Vandoni, Jennifer et al. · archived
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PERFORMANCE STUDY OF SCOOT TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITH NON-IDEAL DETECTORIZATION : FIELD OPERATIONAL TEST IN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ↗ · 2001 · Jayakrishnan, R. et al. · indexed
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Getting more from accuracy and response time data: Methods for fitting the linear ballistic accumulator · 2009 · Donkin, Chris et al. · archived
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A fuzzy-hybrid SHELL framework for predicting air traffic conflict detection and resolution performance: a human-factors perspective ↗ · 2025 · Trapsilawati, Fitri · indexed
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Bayesian Modeling of the Dynamics of Phase Modulations and their Application to Auditory Evoked Responses at Different Loudness Scales · 2016 · eMortezapouraghdam, Zeinab et al. · archived
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Fitting Wald and ex-Wald distributions to response time data: An example using functions for the S-PLUS package · 2004 · Heathcote, Andrew · archived
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V-Surveillance: A Hybrid Deep Learning Framework for Real-Time Aerial Surveillance Using Drone Imagery ↗ · 2025 · Bajaj, Vardaan et al. · indexed
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Bayesian Approaches to Assessing Architecture and Stopping Rule ↗ · 2012 · Houpt, Joseph W. et al. · indexed
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Belief Function Definition for Ensemble Methods - Application to Pedestrian Detection in Dense Crowds · 2018 · Vandoni, Jennifer et al. · archived
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Multi-Sensor Satellite Data Processing for Marine Traffic Understanding ↗ · 2019 · Reggiannini, Marco et al. · indexed
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An Appearance-Based Tracking Algorithm for Aerial Search and Rescue Purposes ↗ · 2019 · Al-Kaff, Abdulla et al. · indexed
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Evaluating a smartwatch notification system in a simulated nursing home ↗ · 2019 · Li, Huiyang · indexed
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Multi-sensor fusion-based intelligent supervision system for coal storage yard operation safety ↗ · 2024 · Yantong, ZHU et al. · indexed
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Appropriate Correction for Multiple Comparisons in Decoding of ERP Data: A Re-Analysis of Bae & Luck (2018) ↗ · 2019 · Bae, Gi-Yeul et al. · indexed
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Nonparametric statistical approaches to neuroimaging data ↗ · 2016 · Noyce, Abigail L. et al. · indexed
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Adaptive anterior hippocampal responses to oddball stimuli · 2001 · Strange, Bryan A. et al. · archived
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P300 and Long‐Term Memory: Latency Predicts Recognition Performance ↗ · 1985 · Johnson, Ray et al. · indexed
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Dynamic Network Design Problem under Demand Uncertainty: An Adjustable Robust Optimization Approach ↗ · 2014 · Hua, Sun et al. · indexed
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The Mode of Constructing Safe Trajectories of Motion of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle while Monitoring Power Lines Considering the Influence of their Electromagnetic Fields · 2019 · A.R., Shabanova et al. · archived
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Lithium-ion battery state of charge estimation based on a robust H∞ filter ↗ · 2021 · Feng-wen, PAN et al. · indexed