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Information theory

inference principle that selects the hypothesis giving the shortest two-part message encoding first the hypothesis and then the data.

In information theory, minimum message length refers to inference principle that selects the hypothesis giving the shortest two-part message encoding first the hypothesis and then the data. This meaning comes from Wallace (1968) in The Computer Journal.[1]

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encoding4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs hypothesis2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs inference3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Wallace, C. S., & Boulton, D. M. (1968). An Information Measure for Classification. The Computer Journal, 11(2), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/11.2.185

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