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Abstract

This report introduces a formal comparison between Hall and Rodríguez’s elaboration of the Pearce and Hall model and the original. It shows mathematically and with a set of simulations that with a provision to set an initial excitatory value in Pearce and Hall’s algorithm, both models are equivalent in structure and that they result in identical predictions for non-reinforced exposure conditions. Unlike Pearce and Hall’s model however, Hall and Rodríguez’s lacks an inhibitory mechanism to counteract excitation confining its scope to non-reinforced trials. Pearce and Hall’s model with an initial excitatory value thus subsumes Hall and Rodríguez’s.

Publication Type:	Report
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Departments:	School of Science & Technology > Computer Science

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