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The HoneyComb Paradigm for Research on Collective Human Behavior
Published on: January 19, 2019
Graph theory of tower tasks
1Mathematisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Theresienstraße 39, 80333 München, Germany. hinz@math.lmu.de
Abstract:
The appropriate mathematical model for the problem space of tower transformation tasks is the state graph representing positions of discs or balls and their moves. Graph theoretical quantities like distance, eccentricities or degrees of vertices and symmetries of graphs support the choice of problems, the selection of tasks and the analysis of performance of subjects whose solution paths can be projected onto the graph. The mathematical model is also at the base of a computerized test tool to administer various types of tower tasks.
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