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Parsimony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parsimony is a 'less is better' economy or caution in arriving at a hypothesis or course of action. The word derives from Middle English parcimony , from Latin parsimonia , from parsus , past p...
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When reading through the debates on the Dinosaur Mailing List, or recent textbooks dealing with dinosaurs, one will often see the words parsimony and parsimonious. A given debater will insist that his cladogram or his view on certain dinosaur physical characteristics is the most parsimonious.
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Parsimony is part of a class of character-based tree estimation methods which use a matrix of discrete phylogenetic characters to infer one or more optimal phylogenetic trees for a set of taxa, commonly a set of species or reproductively-isolated populations of a single species.
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Parsimony - Definition of Parsimony at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Parsimony. Look it up now! ... Use parsimony in a Sentence...
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This principle is often called the principle of parsimony. It underlies all scientific modelling and theory building. It admonishes us to choose from a set of otherwise equivalent models of a given phenomenon the simplest one.
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a criterion for deciding among scientific theories or explanations. One should always choose the simplest explanation of a phenomenon, the one that requires the fewest leaps of logic. (Umpleby) (see occam's razor) ... Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems ... PRINCIPIA CYBERNETICA WEB - ©...
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Philosophy paper on the principle of parsimony and its application to the mind-body problem. ... Parsimony is first defined and shown to be a valid criterion for choosing between theories. The argument that materialism is preferable to dualism because it is more parsimonious is then presented. This argument can be...
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Parsimony means to minimize the number of mutations, which are necessary to explain the DNA-sequences: Find the assignment of characters to the interior nodes, such that the number of mutations along the edges is minimale.
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