Rationality Efficient Languages
Efficient Languages: Optimal Signaling
Best Choice of Words
Suppose the hearer interprets wordwjas pointij
suppose sensationsis given
which word is the best?
choose the wordwjsuch that the distance from interpretationijto
sensationsis minimal
w∗= arg min{‖s−ij‖:j= 1,...,n}
this leads to aVoronoi tesselation