Empirical data sets are algorithmically compressible: reply to McAllister?

Abstract: James McAllister’s 2003 article, ‘Algorithmic randomness in empirical data’, claims that empirical data sets are algorithmically random, and hence incompressible. We show that this claim is mistaken. We present theoretical arguments and empirical evidence for compressibility, and discuss t...

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Publicado en:	Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 391 - 403
Autores principales:	Twardy, Charles, Gardner, Steve, Dowe, David L.
Formato:	Editorial
Publicado:	Elsevier B.V. Jun2005
Materias:	Algorithms McAllister, James Minimum message length (Information theory) Algebra
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost