Assume That the Accounts Payable Department of a Company Has

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Essay

Assume that the accounts payable department of a company has 5 clerks; each one is paid $25,000 per year ($125,000 total clerical salaries).On average,the clerks spend:
20% of their time on processing payments
30% of their time matching invoices,receiving documents,and billing statement
50% of their time correcting errors in the various documents
In addition,long distance telephone costs of $1,700 are directly traced to the activity "correcting errors."

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Definitions:

Fixed-Ratio

A reinforcement schedule where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.

Fixed-Interval

A reinforcement schedule in which the first reaction is reinforced after a predetermined period, resulting in a patterned series of responses.

Variable-Interval

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed.

Fixed-Ratio

In the context of reinforcement learning, it describes a schedule where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred, leading to a high, steady rate of responding.