Paul Watts

National University of Ireland, Maynooth — Ireland

Mathematics · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Algebraic structures and combinatorial models(14), Advanced Topics in Algebra(12), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics(10), Nonlinear Waves and Solitons(7), Forecasting Techniques and Applications(7)

Publications43 total

A model of behavioural response to risk accurately predicts the statistical distribution of COVID-19 infection and reproduction numbers
Scientific Reports·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Significance and Replication in simple counting experiments: Distributional Null Hypothesis Testing
arXiv (Cornell University)·2020Open Access
Distributional Null Hypothesis Testing with the T distribution
arXiv (Cornell University)·2020Open Access
The rationality of illusory correlation.
Psychological Review·2019· 31 citedOpen Access
Probability Theory Plus Noise: Descriptive Estimation and Inferential Judgment
Topics in Cognitive Science·2018· 11 citedOpen Access
Invariants in probabilistic reasoning
Cognitive Psychology·2017· 34 citedOpen Access
Surprising rationality in probability judgment: Assessing two competing models
Cognition·2017· 26 citedOpen Access
Mathematical invariants in people's probabilistic reasoning.
eScholarship (California Digital Library)·2017
People’s conditional probability judgments follow probability theory (plus noise)
Cognitive Psychology·2016· 50 citedOpen Access
Explaining High Conjunction Fallacy Rates: The Probability Theory Plus Noise Account
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making·2016· 51 citedOpen Access
A model of conditional probability judgment.
eScholarship (California Digital Library)·2016
A test of two models of probability judgment: quantum versus noisy probability.
eScholarship (California Digital Library)·2016· 2 cited
Probability theory plus noise: Replies to Crupi and Tentori (2016) and to Nilsson, Juslin, and Winman (2016).
Psychological Review·2015· 10 cited
Optimizing for an arbitrary perfect entangler. I. Functionals
Physical Review A·2015· 59 citedOpen Access
An upper bound on Jacobsthal’s function
Mathematics of Computation·2014· 2 citedOpen Access
From Topological Quantum Field Theory to Topological Materials
Advances in chemical physics·2014· 1 cited
Surprisingly rational: Probability theory plus noise explains biases in judgment.
Psychological Review·2014· 12 citedOpen Access
Graphical Calculus for the Double Affine Q-Dependent Braid Group
Annales Henri Poincaré·2013· 3 citedOpen Access
A short note on Jacobsthal's function
arXiv (Cornell University)·2013· 2 citedOpen Access
Metric Structure of the Space of Two-Qubit Gates, Perfect Entanglers and Quantum Control
Entropy·2013· 32 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Fintan Costello(20), Peter Schupp(8), Bruno Zumino(4), Jiří Vala(4), Chryssomalis Chryssomalakos(3), Matthias M. Müller(1), Tommaso Calarco(1), K. Birgitta Whaley(1), Daniel M. Reich(1), Michael H. Goerz(1), Christiane P. Koch(1), Edmund Bertschinger(1), Maurice O'Connor(1), Christopher R. Fisher(1), Rita Howe(1), Glen Burella(1), Vincent Pasquier(1), Graham Kells(1), C. Clure(1), R. Hill(1)