Area under the curve as a measure of discounting

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-243

  Myerson, Joel ^a   Green, Leonard ^b   Warusawitharana, Missaka ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Area under the curve; Delay; Discounting; Probability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; REWARD;

EID: 0035464146     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2001.76-235     Document Type: Article

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