# Grünwald 2007: The Minimum Description Length Principle

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# The Minimum Description Length Principle

Peter D. Grünwald, 2007. _MIT Press_.

The standard reference on the minimum description length principle: choosing the model that compresses the data best, as a theory of inductive inference.

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Grünwald, P. D. (2007). The Minimum Description Length Principle. MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/4643.001.0001
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