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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B
Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Volume 35, 1983 - Issue 2
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A model of dynamic output under fixed-interval schedules of reinforcement

Pages 157-167 | Received 07 Jul 1982, Published online: 29 May 2007

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