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ON THE FORM OF LEARNING CURVES
Author(s) -
Stevens Joseph C.,
Savin Harris B.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1962.5-15
Subject(s) - exponent , variety (cybernetics) , power function , function (biology) , learning curve , computer science , constant (computer programming) , artificial intelligence , psychology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , linguistics , evolutionary biology , biology , operating system , programming language
In a wide variety of learning experiments, cumulated measures of performance turn out to be a power function of practice time or number trials, typically with an exponent between 1 and 2. The effects of various conditions on the course of learning can frequently be described in terms of the two constants of the function.