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RATE, PROBABILITY AND MATCHING: COMMENTS ON “THE IDENTITIES HIDDEN IN THE MATCHING LAWS, AND THEIR USES” BY DAVID THORNE
Author(s) -
Rachlin Howard,
Locey Matthew L.
Publication year - 2010
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.2010.94-365
Subject(s) - matching (statistics) , computer science , law , artificial intelligence , political science , statistics , mathematics
David Thorne's (2010) article, “The Identities Hidden In The Matching Laws, And Their Uses” performs a valuable service in pointing out alternative expressions of matching. However, some identities tend to obscure rather than illuminate empirical relationships. Three such problematic instances are discussed: interresponse time as a function of interval and ratio schedule parameters; probability equality as implying rate matching; the apparent simplicity of probabilistic functions, as opposed to response rate functions, of reinforcement rate.