RELATIVE ALLOCATION ON CONCURRENT SCHEDULES CAN DEPEND ON SCHEDULE PARAMETERS WHEN BEHAVIORAL PARAMETERS ARE CONSTANT

We develop a simple model of switching between the initial links of a concurrent‐chain procedure. Behavior is determined by four parameters μ 1 , μ 2 , q 1 , and q 2 . The first two are the basic rates of switching from Schedule 1 and Schedule 2, respectively. The second two are the probabilities of leaving Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 after the corresponding terminal link has been completed. We show that for fixed values of these four parameters, the relative allocation on the initial links may change as a result of changes in initial‐link schedules. The effect can be quite large if the switching rates are low. An implication is that relative allocation is not necessarily a good measure of behavior.