The comparison of different criteria shows that the simplicity-based criterion leads to little or no improvement of discriminative power; the majority of the model structures remain indistinguishable.
Of the three current criteria for metabolic syndrome (IDF, NCEP, and WHO), we used the NCEP criteria because they are more appropriate to apply here to populations of variable geographical origin rather than the IDF criteria, for simplicity, and the WHO criteria, which include insulin resistance and microalbuminuria (6).
Go back to step 2. For simplicity, the termination criterion in step 2 is set as a maximum number of iteration ( ell_{hbox{max} } ).
Despite its simplicity, the EVMS criterion is based on some inherent assumptions, which may lead to inaccurate damage estimations in some particular conditions (e.g. materials with very different axial/bending and torsion S N curves).
While Burke associates the beautiful with weakness and femininity, and the sublime with strength and masculinity, Wollstonecraft writes, "for truth, in morals, has ever appeared to me the essence of the sublime; and, in taste, simplicity the only criterion of the beautiful".
Hence, the complex dependencies of RBE on the dose level, biological endpoint, position in the field etc. require biophysical models, which have to fulfill two important criteria: simplicity and quantitative precision.
Where there is simplicity, the above criteria are met.
The best set of variables for the multivariate model was chosen according to simplicity and fitness criteria through a stepwise approach.
The best set of variables for the final multivariate model was chosen according to simplicity and fitness criteria using a manual stepwise approach.
