A comparison of two algorithms in computerized temporal discounting procedures

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 75, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 231-236

  Kowal, Benjamin P ^a   Yi, Richard ^a   Erisman, Amanda C ^a   Bickel, Warren K ^a  

^a Center for Addiction Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Decreasing Adjustment; Delay discounting; Double Limit; Indifference points; Methodological; Temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; SOFTWARE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247140105     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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