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A small diner has one employee and a counter with seating for 8 customers.The diner does not package food for takeout.Customers arrive at the diner at the rate of 20 per hour (Poisson distributed) .Service times are exponentially distributed and average 24 per hour.Customers that arrive when all seats are taken do not enter the diner.What is the average time a customer spends waiting?
Operant Conditioning
A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, which affects the likelihood of certain behaviors being repeated.
Classical Conditioning
The process of acquiring knowledge by forming associations between a stimulus present in the environment and one that naturally occurs.
Shaping
A method of behavior modification by which successive approximations toward a desired behavior are reinforced, used extensively in operant conditioning.
Desired Response
The preferred or intended outcome or reaction to a specific stimulus or set of circumstances.
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