In search of the feedback function for variable-interval schedules.
In search of the feedback function for variable-interval schedules.
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寻找可变间隔时间表的反馈功能。
DOI：
10.1901/jeab.1992.57-365
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发表时间：
1992
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
William M. Baum
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作者：
William M. Baum
寻找一个理论上合理的反馈函数的可变间隔时间表仍然是一个重要的未解决的问题。这一点很重要，因为间隔时间表模拟了世界的一个重要特征：强化对生物体无法控制的因素的依赖。这个问题仍然没有得到解决，因为还没有反馈函数满足所有的理论和经验要求。以前成功拟合数据的建议在理论上失败了，因为它们违反了一个新认识到的理论要求：函数的斜率必须在原点接近或等于1.0。一个功能，满足所有要求，但缺乏任何理论依据。这个函数和Prelec和Herrnstein（1978）以及Nevin和Baum（1980）提出的两个函数都是根据几组数据进行评估的。这三个都很好地拟合了数据。这两个理论上不正确的功能的成功提出了一个经验上的难题：低强化率与似乎高得惊人的反应率相结合。这反映了低强化率下操作行为的时间模式，这一点还有待发现。一个理论上和经验上正确的功能来自基本假设的操作行为也有待发现。
Finding a theoretically sound feedback function for variable-interval schedules remains an important unsolved problem. It is important because interval schedules model a significant feature of the world: the dependence of reinforcement on factors beyond the organism's control. The problem remains unsolved because no feedback function yet proposed satisfies all the theoretical and empirical requirements. Previous suggestions that succeed in fitting data fail theoretically because they violate a newly recognized theoretical requirement: The slope of the function must approach or equal 1.0 at the origin. A function is presented that satisfies all requirements but lacks any theoretical justification. This function and two suggested by Prelec and Herrnstein (1978) and Nevin and Baum (1980) are evaluated against several sets of data. All three fitted the data well. The success of the two theoretically incorrect functions raises an empirical puzzle: Low rates of reinforcement are coupled with response rates that seem anomalously high. It remains to be discovered what this reflects about the temporal patterning of operant behavior at low reinforcement rates. A theoretically and empirically correct function derived from basic assumptions about operant behavior also remains to be discovered.
影响因子：
2.7
作者：
Palya,WL
通讯作者：
Palya,WL