parsimony

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Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
By analogy from (1), principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem
Refers to a rule used to choose among possible trees, which states that the tree implying the least number of changes in character states is the best This method can be very missleading, especially if "simple" parsimony is used
{n} frugality, nigardliness
One of several criteria that may be optimised in building phylogenetic trees, but a philosophically important one due to its simplicity; and the basis of the most-commonly used method of cladistic analysis, at least for morphological data The central idea of cladistic parsimony analysis is that some trees will fit the character-state data better than other trees Fit is measured by the number of evolutionary character-state changes implied by the tree The fewer changes the better, e g there is no sense in choosing a phylogeny that has roots, flowers and xylem each evolving twice, if another tree exists on which one evolutionary origin for each of the apomorphic states would explain the observed distribution of states across taxa(cf distance, maximum likelihood)
{i} miserliness, stinginess; extreme frugality or thriftiness
Refers to a rule used to choose among possible cladograms, which states that the cladogram implying the least number of changes in character states is the best
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
the principle that the simplest explanation, the one that requires the fewest hypotheses, is the one most likely to be correct
disapproval Parsimony is extreme unwillingness to spend money. Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built
\'pär-s&-"mO-nE\; noun 1) the quality of being careful with money or resources, thrift 2) the quality or state of being stingy, stinginess more
\Par"si*mo*ny\, n Reluctance to spend money unnecessarily; excessive frugality
Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness
If two explanations appear equally plausible, choose the simpler one
by analogy from (1), principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem (cf. Occams Razor)
extreme stinginess
Brevity In GP, this is measured by counting the nodes in the tree The smaller the program, the smaller the tree, the lower the count and the more parsimonious it is

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parsimoniously
{a} frugally, sparingly, meanly
exercise parsimony of phrase
be concise, be terse, be brief, be to the point
parsimoniously
stingily, in a miserly manner; frugally, economically
parsimoniously
In a parsimonious manner
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