A new variable interval schedule with constant hazard rate and finite time range |
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Authors: | Mehdi Bugallo Armando Machado Marco Vasconcelos |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Minho, Portugal;2. University of Aveiro, Portugal;3. CESAM, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Portugal |
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Abstract: | We propose a new variable interval (VI) schedule that achieves constant probability of reinforcement in time while using a bounded range of intervals. By sampling each trial duration from a uniform distribution ranging from 0 to 2 T seconds, and then applying a reinforcement rule that depends linearly on trial duration, the schedule alternates reinforced and unreinforced trials, each less than 2 T seconds, while preserving a constant hazard function. |
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Keywords: | exponential distribution hazard function uniform distribution variable interval schedule temporal contingencies |
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