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A hungry pigeon is in a Skinner box and is pecking a key for access to food. The first food delivery occurs for the first peck after 1 minute has elapsed. The second occurs for the first peck after 3 minutes has elapsed. The third food delivery occurs for the first peck after 2 minutes has elapsed. All other pecks went unrewarded, but the pigeon did not receive access to food unless it pecked the key. The pigeon is most likely on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.


Definitions:

Throughput Time

The complete duration required for an item to go through the entire manufacturing cycle, beginning to end.

Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency

A ratio showing the value-added time as a percentage of the total lead time within a manufacturing process.

Delivery Cycle Time

The total time taken from receiving a customer order to delivering the finished product to the customer, encompassing all stages of the order processing and production process.

Turnover

The rate at which inventory or assets of a business are replaced or sales are made over a specific period.

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