Matching, maximizing, and the hyperbolic reinforcement feedback function.

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• Publication year

  1982

• Venue

  Psychological Review

• Publication date

  1982-05-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0033-295X.89.3.189
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