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Comparison of MDL and MML

  • The Royal Statistical Society (JRSS series B 49(3) 223-265 1987) had a meeting on MDL and MML:
    • MDL: J. Rissanen, Stochastic Complexity, JRSS B 49(3) 223-239 1987.
    • MML: C. S. Wallace and P. R. Freeman, Estimation and Inference by Compact Coding, JRSS B 49(3) 240-252 1987 [paper].
    • Discussion of the two papers above: JRSS B 49(3) 253-265.

  • R. A. Baxter and J. J. Oliver, MDL and MML: Similarities and Differences, TR 94/207, Dept. Comp. Sci., Monash University, Australia 3800.
Coding Ockham's Razor, L. Allison, Springer

A Practical Introduction to Denotational Semantics, L. Allison, CUP

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Faculty of Information Technology (Clayton), Monash University, Australia 3800 (6/'05 was School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Fac. Info. Tech., Monash University,
was Department of Computer Science, Fac. Comp. & Info. Tech., '89 was Department of Computer Science, Fac. Sci., '68-'71 was Department of Information Science, Fac. Sci.)
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