Definition
Plain language
A decision rule — the careful accountant — that adds up every cue's verdict but weights each one by how reliable it is.
As stated in the literature
Weighted-Additive integration for multi-attribute choice, summing cue values scaled by their reliabilities; the middle setting of the unified weighting exponent in AutoCog's recovered model, and the family containing its Diminishing Returns WADD discovery.
Also called: Weighted-Additive
Why it matters: It captures the careful, reliability-weighted way of combining evidence, anchoring one end of the spectrum of how people balance many clues when deciding.
For example, when choosing a laptop it adds up every review's verdict but counts the trusted reviewer's opinion far more than the unreliable one's.
Heard on the show
“And third, Weighted-Additive — WADD — the careful accountant.”Episode 176 — An AI Designed Its Own Psychology Studies, Then Confirmed What It Found