xscale

Specifies the scale on the x-axis in plotting commands.

See also xscale_match

Syntax

xscale = all
xscale = e1
xscale = b1
xscale = e1 -> b1 -> e2 -> b2 -> ...
xscale = b1 -> e1 -> b2 -> e2 -> ...

where each ei is a stimulus element name (as specified in the parameter stimulus_element) and each bi is a behavior name (as specified in the parameter behaviors).

Default

all

Description

xscale = all

The value all is interpreted differently for different plot commands:

  • @nplot is well-defined at each stimulus and each behavior in the simulation sequence, as it can count both stimuli and behaviors. Therefore the x-axis for @nplot will represent each stimulus and each response. In other words:

    • \(x=0\) represents the first stimulus

    • \(x=1\) represents the response to the first stimulus

    • \(x=2\) represents the second stimulus

    • \(x=3\) represents the response to the second stimulus

    • etc.

  • The other plot commands (@vplot, @vssplot, @wplot, @pplot) will plot the quantity in question at each point when the subject’s state variables (v and w) are updated, which is after every triple:

    stimulus -> response -> stimulus

    in the simulation sequence.

xscale = e1

(where e1 is a stimulus element) plots the value of the variable in question only at the points in the stimulus-response sequence where the stimulus is e1.

xscale = b1

(where b1 is a behavior) plots the value of the variable in question only at the points in the stimulus-response sequence where the response is the behavior e1.

xscale = e1 -> b1 -> e2 -> b2 -> ...

(where e1 is a stimulus element and b1 a behavior) plots the value of the variable in question only at the points in the stimulus-response sequence where the stimulus is e1 followed by the behavior b1 followed by the stimulus e2, and so on.

xscale = b1 -> e1 -> b2 -> e2 -> ...

(where e1 is a stimulus element and b1 a behavior) plots the value of the variable in question only at the points in the stimulus-response sequence where the behavior is b1 followed by the stimulus e1 followed by the behavior b2, and so on.

Note

If cumulative is off and xscale is not all, \(x=0\) is omitted in the plot.

Example

xscale = all
@wplot e1

will plot the w-value of e1 at each stimulus and each behavior in the stimulus-response simulation sequence.

Example

xscale = lever
@wplot e1

will plot the w-value of e1 at the points where the stimulus is lever.

Example

xscale = lever->pull_lever
@wplot e1

will plot the w-value of e1 at the points where the stimulus is lever and the response to lever was pull_lever.