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Methodology
variability between individuals and
the  limitations of the one-size-fitsThis is the first such
all type of averages usually used in
Empirical Data Analytics
comprehensive model
traditional statistical approaches
Due to space and other limitations,
where the responses of a group of
we will not introduce details of the
within a cybernetics
people are being modeled.
EDA computational framework. Its
frame.
We do not detail the decisionmain distinctive feature is that,
making and (re)action phase, which
without the need for prior assumpis conscious and follows the protions about the data distributions,
cess at the second layer of the hierthe amount of data, their depenarchical layered structure we propose. Instead, our focus
dence or independence, or even their randomness or deteris on the first phase, phase A, which may take place subministic nature, we can directly (without iterative cycles and
consciously (and thus in an unsupervised manner) and
loops, in a recursive manner) derive multimodal typicality
where perceptions of individuals are formed and emotions
distributions that have the same properties as the pdf, e.g.,
expressed. We further simplify the real-life case by considthat integrate to one [20]-[22]. With the EDA framework, one
ering only simple (noncomposite) concepts (e.g., positive
can partition the collected experimental data and group them
and negative) and only the steady-state model (not traninto data clouds. These can then be labeled, for example,
sient and dynamic).
emotional state 1, emotional state 2, and so on (see Figure 4,
where the values are centered using the subtracted mean).
Furthermore, continuous global typicality can be built
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