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. 2014 Jul 2;2014:757068. doi: 10.1155/2014/757068

Table 2.

An example of calculation of the C λm criterion calculated from the matrix of the introductory example cf Figure 1(a).

Matrix of common neighbors B=200300010000003033200300003033003033

Parsimony level λ ≥ 1 λ ≥ 2 λ ≥ 3

Binary matrices of common neighbors B=100100010000001011100100001011001011 B=100100000000001011100100001011001011 B=100100000000001011100000001011001011

i=1 6‍∑j=1 5‍ | b i,j λmb i,j+1 λm| 17 15 9
(calculus per line) (3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3) (3 + 0 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3) (0 + 0 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 3)

Sorted binary matrices B1sor=110000110000001110001110001110000001 B2sor=110000110000001110001110001110000000 B3sor=111000111000111000000000000000000000

i=1 6‍∑j=1 5‍ | (b i,j λm)sort − (b i,j+1 λm)sort| 9 85 3
(calculus per line) (1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1) (1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 0) (1 + 1 + 11 + 0 + 0 + 0)

Criterion C λm C λm≥1 = 9/17 = 1.89 C λm≥2 = 8/15 = 1.88 C λm≥1 = 3/9 = 3.03