Model Selection - Experiments For Choosing The Set of Candidate Models

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—William Hurlbut (1883–?)

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Alternate shows of dynamite and rain;
And choosing forced on free will: fire or ice.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

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—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)

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—Judith Viorst (20th century)