Discussion of the papers by Rissanen, and by Wallace and Dowe

Computer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 338-339

  Clarke, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS;

MINIMUM DESCRIPTION LENGTH (MDL); MINIMUM MESSAGE LENGTH (MML);

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 0032672788     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/42.4.338     Document Type: Article

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