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Some Asymptotic Properties of Luce's Beta Learning Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

John Lamperti
Affiliation:
Applied Mathematics and Statistics Laboratories Stanford University
Patrick Suppes
Affiliation:
Applied Mathematics and Statistics Laboratories Stanford University

Abstract

This paper studies asymptotic properties of Luce's beta model. Asymptotic results are given for the two-operator and four-operator cases of contingent and noncontingent reinforcement.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1960 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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This research was supported in part by the Group Psychology Branch of the Office of Naval Research and in part by the Rockefeller Foundation.

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