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Contribution to Book
Wholes and Parts in General Systems Methodology
The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology, Gunter Wagner, Ed., Academic Press, 2001.
  • Martin Zwick, Portland State University
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Subjects
  • System theory,
  • Information theory,
  • Set-theoretic modeling,
  • Log-linear models,
  • Complexity,
  • Entropy,
  • Multivariate analysis
Abstract

Reconstructability analysis (RA) decomposes wholes, namely data in the form either of set-theoretic relations or multivariate probability distributions, into parts, namely relations or distributions involving subsets of variables. Data is modeled and compressed by variablebased decomposition, by more general state-based decomposition, or by the use of latent variables. Models, which specify the interdependencies among the variables, are selected to minimize error and complexity.

Description

This is the author's version of a book chapter that was subsequently published in "The character concept in evolutionary biology," published and copyright by Academic Press; edited by Gunter P. Wagner.

Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16496
Citation Information
Zwick, M. (2001). "Wholes and Parts in General Systems Methodology." In The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology, Guner Wagner, ed., Academic Press. pp. 237-256.