The Information Content of Trees and Their Matrix Representations

The Information Content of Trees and Their Matrix Representations

Wilkinson et al use the quantitative measure cladistic information content to compare the information content of trees and their matrix representations. They revisit Ronquist's critique of Purvis coding and demonstrate that the information removed by this method is redundant in the sense that P...

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Veröffentlicht in:Systematic biology 2004-12, Vol.53 (6), p.989-1001
Hauptverfasser: Wilkinson, Mark, Cotton, James A., Thorley, Joseph L., Steel, Mike
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Cladistics
Data visualization
Information content
Information representations
Information Science
Leaves
Matrix
Models, Theoretical
Parsimony
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Points of View
Taxa
Taxonomy
Term weighting
Triplets
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Zusammenfassung:Wilkinson et al use the quantitative measure cladistic information content to compare the information content of trees and their matrix representations. They revisit Ronquist's critique of Purvis coding and demonstrate that the information removed by this method is redundant in the sense that Purvis intended. They also discuss the distinction between the representation of a tree and the representation of the data from which a tree has been inferred and its importance in choosing a matrix representation.
ISSN:1063-5157
1076-836X
DOI:10.1080/10635150490522737