Model selection and the multiplicity of patterns in empirical data

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 884-894

  McAllister, James W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 46649111300     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/525630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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