Stemmatology

Parsimony

The concept of parsimony, that is the least expenditure of effort, is used in many branches of science (cf. the so-called Ockham's razor). In stemmatology it is used in the maximum parsimony method. Cf. also parsimoniously informative.

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DE: Sparsamkeit, Parsimonie
FR: parcimonie
IT: parsimonia

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