Accelerated learning by experimentation

Learning Curves: Theory, Models, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 191-209

  Bohn, Roger ^a   Lapré, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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