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Autori principali: Piva, Paulo S., Ruffolo, Gabriel
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author Piva, Paulo S.
Ruffolo, Gabriel
author_facet Piva, Paulo S.
Ruffolo, Gabriel
contents The Sleeping Beauty problem is a probability riddle with no definite solution for more than two decades and its solution is of great interest in many fields of knowledge. There are two main competing solutions to the problem: the halfer approach, and the thirder approach. The main reason for disagreement in the literature is connected to the use of different probability spaces to represent the same probabilistic riddle. In this work, we analyse the problem from a mathematical perspective, identifying probability distributions induced directly from the thought experiment's rules. The precise choices of probability spaces provide both halfer and thirder solutions to the problem. To try and decide on which approach to follow, a criterion involving the information available to Sleeping Beauty is proposed.
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spellingShingle Revisiting the Sleeping Beauty problem
Piva, Paulo S.
Ruffolo, Gabriel
History and Overview
Artificial Intelligence
The Sleeping Beauty problem is a probability riddle with no definite solution for more than two decades and its solution is of great interest in many fields of knowledge. There are two main competing solutions to the problem: the halfer approach, and the thirder approach. The main reason for disagreement in the literature is connected to the use of different probability spaces to represent the same probabilistic riddle. In this work, we analyse the problem from a mathematical perspective, identifying probability distributions induced directly from the thought experiment's rules. The precise choices of probability spaces provide both halfer and thirder solutions to the problem. To try and decide on which approach to follow, a criterion involving the information available to Sleeping Beauty is proposed.
title Revisiting the Sleeping Beauty problem
topic History and Overview
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16666