Simple Staircase Optimizer¶
Description¶
An object that watches a variable (e.g. a flag reporting success in a behavioral task) and moves another variable up and down according to some criteria
Signature¶
staircase
Required Parameters¶
watch¶
Variable to watch
output¶
Variable to vary
lower_limit¶
Lower bound for output
upper_limit¶
Upper bound for output
up_criterion¶
If watched variable value is greater than or equal to this value, output steps up
down_criterion¶
If watched variable value is less than or equal to this value, output steps down
step_size¶
Step size for changing output
grace_period¶
Don’t step anywhere unless watched variable has been updated at least this many times
history¶
Number of samples to store in internal boxcar filter used to average watched variable values