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An Analytic Form for the Interresponse Time Analysis of Shull, Gaynor, and Grimes with Applications and Extensions
Kessel, Robert; Lucke, Robert L.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, v90 n3 p363-386 Nov 2008
Shull, Gaynor and Grimes advanced a model for interresponse time distribution using probabilistic cycling between a higher-rate and a lower-rate response process. Both response processes are assumed to be random in time with a constant rate. The cycling between the two processes is assumed to have a constant transition probability that is independent of bout length. This report develops an analytic form of the model which has a natural parametrization for a higher-rate within-bout responding and a lower-rate visit-initiation responding. The analytic form provides a convenient basis for both a nonlinear least-squares data reduction technique to estimate the model's parameters and Monte Carlo simulations of the model. In addition, the analytic formulation is extended to both a refractory period for the rats' behavior and, separately, the strongly-banded behavior seen with pigeons. (Contains 13 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Probability, Monte Carlo Methods, Simulation, Animals, Animal Behavior, Intervals, Reinforcement, Experiments, Time, Equations (Mathematics)
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