The linear system theory's account of behavior maintained by variable-ratio schedules.

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  1988

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  Journal of The Experimental Analysis of Behavior

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  Mathematics, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1901/JEAB.1988.49-143PMID 3279150PMCID PMC1338831
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