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minimum description length: a standalone construct

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choosing the model that gives the shortest combined code for the model and the data it describes.

In statistics, minimum description length refers to choosing the model that gives the shortest combined code for the model and the data it describes. This meaning comes from Rissanen (1978) in Automatica.[1]

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References

  1. Rissanen, J. (1978). Modeling by shortest data description. Automatica, 14(5), 465-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-1098(78)90005-5

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