Polynym Math

set comparison between two polynyms

Pnews criteria ⊥ Pheuristic


Equality

$$A \neq B$$
A is not equal to B

Subset

$$A \not\subseteq B$$
A is not a subset of or equal to B

Superset

$$A \not\supseteq B$$
A is not a superset of or equal to B

Intersection

$$A \cap B =$$
{ }

Union

$$A \cup B =$$
{ anchoring and adjustment, availability, importance, informative, interest, need to know, relevance, representativeness, right to know, timeliness }

Symmetric Difference

$$A \ominus B =$$
{ anchoring and adjustment, availability, importance, informative, interest, need to know, relevance, representativeness, right to know, timeliness }

Difference

$$A - B =$$
{ importance, informative, interest, need to know, relevance, right to know, timeliness }

Difference

$$B - A =$$
{ anchoring and adjustment, availability, representativeness }

Cartesian Product

$$A \times B =$$
{ (importance, anchoring and adjustment),
(importance, availability),
(importance, representativeness),
(informative, anchoring and adjustment),
(informative, availability),
(informative, representativeness),
(interest, anchoring and adjustment),
(interest, availability),
(interest, representativeness),
(need to know, anchoring and adjustment),
(need to know, availability),
(need to know, representativeness),
(relevance, anchoring and adjustment),
(relevance, availability),
(relevance, representativeness),
(right to know, anchoring and adjustment),
(right to know, availability),
(right to know, representativeness),
(timeliness, anchoring and adjustment),
(timeliness, availability),
(timeliness, representativeness) }

news criteria

Source
Jack Driscoll
Area
Media
Mode
type
Depth
7
User
scotty


vs.

heuristic

Source
Tversky/Kahneman
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
7 types of news criteria

3 types of heuristic
timeliness
importance
interest
relevance
right to know
need to know
informative

availability
representativeness
anchoring and adjustment
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