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Occam's razor

Known as: Occum's razor, Okkum's razor, Occam’s Razor 
Occam's razor (also written as Ockham's razor, and lex parsimoniae in Latin, which means law of parsimony) is a problem-solving principle attributed… 
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2012
2012
Robot Self-Awareness: Occam's Razor for Fluents
In this paper we consider robot self-awareness from the point of view of temporal relation based data mining. In particular, we… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Evolution in Social Networks: A Survey
There is much research on social network analysis but only recently did scholars turn their attention to the volatility of social… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Particle Swarm Optimization Aided Orthogonal Forward Regression for Unified Data Modeling
We propose a unified data modeling approach that is equally applicable to supervised regression and classification applications… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
On Constructing Parsimonious Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems via Influential Rule Selection
Type-2 fuzzy systems are increasing in popularity, and there are many examples of successful applications. While many techniques… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Probabilistic validation of aggregated data in vehicular ad-hoc networks
Vehicular ad-hoc networks present great opportunity for information exchange and equal opportunity for abuse. Validating traffic… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Abstractions from proofs
The success of model checking for large programs depends crucially on the ability to efficiently construct parsimonious… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Phylogenetic analysis ofIridaceae with parsimony and distance methods using the plastid generps4
A molecular phylogeny of the familyIridaceae based on the plastid generps4 was obtained using both parsimony and distance methods… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
COMBINED AND SEPARATE ANALYSES OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DATA IN THE PLANT FAMILY RUBIACEAE
Abstract— The Rubiaceae are one of the largest of the families of angiosperms, with over 10000 species. The tribal and… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Bayesian Learning for Neural Networks
Artificial "neural networks" are widely used as flexible models for classification and regression applications, but questions… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
PARAMETRIC MODELS FOR LIFE TABLES
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