immediate reward
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmediateandreward
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immediate
adjective
uk/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/us/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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reward
noun[C]
uk/rɪˈwɔːd/us/rɪˈwɔːrd/
something given in exchange for good behaviour or good ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandrewardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theimmediaterewardis not required to be very precise.
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When is zero, onlyimmediatereward(myopic) is considered.
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The fast learning could be attributed to theimmediaterewardimplementation.
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Less clear is the assumption that an animal should inherently prefer a large, delayed reward over a smallimmediatereward.
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In a typical choice task, the respondents are asked to choose between a smaller, moreimmediaterewardand a larger, more delayed reward.
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Set-up costs were sure to gobble a large proportion of colonial defence budgets with little prospect ofimmediatereward.
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In fact, not saving today yields animmediaterewardand there are no immediate penalties.
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The learning process usingimmediaterewardwas faster because the learner's action was evaluated immediately rather than delayed.
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There is noimmediaterewardor punishment unless a failure state is encountered.
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Then, in the midst of this pattern, the tempting alternative (the smaller,immediatereward) is presented.
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To achieve these behaviors, the biped needs to evaluate its swing leg behavior based on animmediaterewardrather than looking at the overall performance over several steps.
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Theimmediaterewardwas half a point off gilt yields.
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Theirimmediaterewardis their personal and private enjoyment.
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It is not so much theimmediaterewardwhich concerns them but the conditions in which they work and the lack of equipment and of technologists.
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Every year far more boys apply for apprenticeships than can be accepted, showing that many more young people prefer opportunity toimmediaterewardthan can be given that opportunity.
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Generally, delayed gratification is associated with resisting a smaller but moreimmediaterewardin order to receive a larger or more enduring reward later.
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His decisions were almost always guided byimmediaterewardor punishment and disregarded any long-term consequences.
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For example a treatment may be desirable as a first treatment even if it does not achieve a highimmediatereward.
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Subjects are labeled impulsive when their indifference points decline more steeply as a function of delay compared to the normal population (i.e., greater preference forimmediatereward).
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