Table 4 Parameters

From: Computational models of episodic-like memory in food-caching birds

Symbol

Description

Minimum

Maximum

τs

stomach time constant

0.5 min

10.0 min

τd

digestion time constant

0.0 min

20.0 min

τh

appetite increase time constant

50.0 min

300.0 min

nf

nutritional value

0.1

1.0

\({v}_{f}^{{{{{{{{\rm{eat}}}}}}}}}\)

eating preferences

0.1

1.0

\({v}_{f}^{{{{{{{{\rm{cache}}}}}}}}}\)

caching preferences

0.0

1.0

ηeat

eating bias

-1.0

1.0

ηinspect

inspection bias

-2.0

0.5

sinspect

inspection preference slope

0.0

5.0

ηcache

caching bias

-1.0

1.0

αfresh

freshness learning rate

0.0

1.0

αreward

retrieval reward learning rate

0.0

0.9

αpilfer

pilfer learning rate

0.0

0.2

αdegrade

degradation learning rate

0.0

0.2

τhungry

hunger–caching time constant

100.0 min

500.0 min

\({w}_{0}^{{{{{{{{\rm{cache}}}}}}}}}\)

initial caching weights

0.0

1.0

δeat

eating time-out

10.0 s

200.0 s

δinspect

inspection time-out

10.0 s

200.0 s

δcache

caching time-out

10.0 s

200.0 s

δother

other action time-out

10.0 s

200.0 s

pother

other action preference

0.0

1.0

  1. The ranges [minimum, maximum] are manually set. The nutritional values, eating preferences and caching preferences are estimated for each food type f {mealworm, waxworm, peanut, suet_pellet, pinenut, kibble, cricket, pineapple, salami}; for stones only the caching preference is estimated.