principle of parsimony
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principle
noun
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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parsimony
noun[U]
uk/ˈpɑː.sɪ.mə.ni/us/ˈpɑːr.sə.moʊ.ni/
the quality of not being willing to spend money or to give or use a lot ...
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Not surprisingly, in the light of the history of cladistics, appeal is then immediately made to the hallowedprincipleofparsimony.
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Theprincipleofparsimonyis a tool to separate "good theories" from "bad theories" when these theories account for the data equally well.
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But if the equivalent, conserved circuits are the most relevant feature, then in accordance with aprincipleofparsimonythese functional characters are homologous.
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Model fit is evaluated using theprincipleofparsimony.
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According to theprincipleofparsimony, models with fewer parameters are preferred if they do not give a significant deterioration of the fit (p>0.05).
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Theprincipleofparsimonyfunctions at the language level of science, as it does at the level of observable events in nature, selected by evolutionary processes.
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In both cases, the effect of this outside intelligence is not repeatable, observable or falsifiable, and it violates theprincipleofparsimony.
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It is the logicalprincipleofparsimonyof causes and of economy of scientific notions.
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For one thing, it seems to violate theprincipleofparsimony, by postulating an invisible entity that is not necessary to explain what we observe.
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Of these, 1117 positions were constant and 323 informative under the principles of parsimony.
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