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THE CASE AGAINST ALLEN'S GENERALIZATION OF THE MATCHING LAW
Author(s) -
Houston Alasdair I.
Publication year - 1982
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.1982.38-109
Subject(s) - generalization , matching (statistics) , matching law , computer science , function (biology) , artificial intelligence , law , mathematical economics , mathematics , political science , statistics , mathematical analysis , evolutionary biology , biology
Allen (1981) claims to have established the formal validity of a power‐function generalization of the matching law. This paper argues that Allen's proof is not correct when schedules are presented in pairs and that his initial assumptions are too restrictive when all schedules are simultaneously available.