Preparing a (quantum) belief system

Journal article: In this paper we investigate the sensitivity to persuasion linked to the quantum indeterminacy of a decision-maker's beliefs. We formulate the persuasion problem in the context of quantum-like beliefs and we provide an economic example of belief manipulation that illustrates the setting. We next establish a theoretical result showing that in the absence of constraints on measurements, any belief state can be obtained as the result of a suitable sequence of measurements. We finally discuss the practical significance of our result in the context of persuasion.

Author(s)

Vladimir Ivanovitch Danilov, Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky

Journal
  • Theoretical Computer Science
Date of publication
  • 2018
Keywords
  • Belief
  • Quantum-like
  • Persuasion
  • Measurement
Pages
  • 97-103
Version
  • 1
Volume
  • 752