Polychotomy
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Polychotomy is a division or separation into many parts or classes which are static and not temporally dependent due to evolution. Polychotomy can be thought of as a generalization of dichotomy
, which is a polychotomy of exactly two parts.
Dichotomy
A dichotomy is any splitting of a whole into exactly two non-overlapping parts, meaning it is a procedure in which a whole is divided into two parts...
, which is a polychotomy of exactly two parts.
Examples of Usage
- Another Approach to Polychotomous Classification
- Polyclass: polychotomous regression and multiple classification
- The Development of a Hierarchical Polychotomous ADL-IADL Scale for Noninstitutionalized Elders
- Probabilistic Forecasting - A Primer
- Structured polychotomous machine diagnosis of multiple cancer types using gene expression