Selective influence and response time cumulative distribution functions in serial-parallel task networks

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 504-535

  Schweickert, Richard ^a   Giorgini, Mass ^a   Dzhafarov, Ehtibar ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000716487     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmps.1999.1268     Document Type: Article

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