An approximation has been offered for the response time distribution.
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The Laplace Stieltjes transform of the response time distribution has been shown to be a solution to a Volterra integral equation from which moments can be computed.
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An approximate formula can be used to calculate the response time distribution for a network of fork join queues joined in series ( one after the other ).
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Taking the mean of the raw response time is rarely an effective method of characterizing the typical response time, and alternative approaches ( such as modeling the entire response time distribution ) are often more appropriate.
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Mathematically, the spike activation pattern, as well as the choice and response time distributions, can be well described by what are known as diffusion models-especially in Two-alternative forced choice tasks ( see Smith & Ratcliff for a summary ).