by Steven T. Piantadosi
Reference:
A rational analysis of the approximate number system (Steven T. Piantadosi), In Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 2016.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{piantadosi2016rational,
title = {A rational analysis of the approximate number system},
author = {Steven T. Piantadosi},
journal = {Psychonomic Bulletin and Review},
year = {2016},
doi={10.3758/s13423-015-0963-8},
pages={1--10},
url = {http://colala.berkeley.edu/papers/piantadosi2016rational.pdf},
tags={modeling,number},
eli5={The properties of the Approximate Number System can be explained by thinking about how to represent numbers with a low probability of confusion, relative to how often you have to represent them.}
}