Stochastic PERT networks as models of cognition: Derivation of the mean, variance, and distribution of reaction time using order-of-processing (OP) diagrams

DOI10.1016/0022-2496(83)90040-8zbMath0527.92027OpenAlexW2087368801MaRDI QIDQ595568

Donald L. Fisher, William M. Goldstein

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/25195

zbMATH Keywords

meanvariancedistribution of reaction timemental activitymodels of cognitionorder-of-processing diagramsstochastic PERT networks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Circuits, networks (94C99) Mathematical psychology (91E99) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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