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by AndreRauh 3045 days ago
I have a different model than most existing spaced repetition algorithms that's more of a continuous model (I currently just sample it to get a due/"not due"). I actually worked a lot on it at the end of my PhD in signal processing (not publish research). But the idea is relatively simple to explain:

1. Let's assume: The flash card isn't new. You last review was 100 days ago.

2. It is due in 3 days but you have some extra time today! You have only 10 cards to review but but have some extra time right now and you're are gone for the weekend.

3. It shouldn't matter if you review the flash card today already even though it's only due in 3 days. If it ends up being 100 or 103 days... It doesn't matter. It's all just a probabilistic model anyways with much larger errors.

4. So in premium: After you've reviewed your most pressing/recently-learnt ones you can keep going and pre-learn your old ones.

There is a few more ideas I have but this is basically it.

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How is this different from Anki’s review ahead custom study mode? I had extra time today so I studied two days ahead in my reviews. It shows up as cram time on the statistics tab.