Stochastic Models for Learning (Paperback)

2012 Reprint of 1955 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. A stochastic process is one in which the probabilities of a set of events keep changing with time. Bush and Mosteller make use of the mathematical techniques developed for the study of such processes in building a theory of learning and then apply the theory to explain the results of several learning experiments. Contents: Part I: The mathematical system and the general model -- 1. The basic model -- 2. Stimulus sampling and conditioning -- 3. Sequences of events -- 4. Distributions of response probabilities -- 5. The equal alpha condition -- 6. Approximate methods -- 7. Operators with limits zero and unity -- 8. Commuting operators -- Part II: Applications -- 9. Identification and estimation -- 10. Free-recall verbal learning -- 11. Avoidance training -- 12. An experiment on imitation -- 13. Symmetric choice problems -- 14. Runway experiments -- 15. Evaluations.

General

Imprint:	Martino Fine Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	July 2012
Authors:	Robert R. Bush • Frederick Mosteller
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	382
ISBN-13:	978-1-61427-319-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Psychological methodology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Stochastics
LSN:	1-61427-319-7
Barcode:	9781614273196

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