Showing papers by "R. W. Payne published in 1981"
TL;DR: In this paper, it is shown that the test selected for use at each point in the sequence should depend on which measure is used and two suggestions of Gower and Payne (1975), regarding test selection, are shown to be appropriate only to the new measure.
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TL;DR: A dual polyclave is used which indicates how each character separates the taxa not eliminated by characters already observed, so that the user can examine any convenient character during an identification.
Abstract: SUMMARY Polyclaves have advantages over conventional aids to identification in that the user is free to examine any convenient character. However the polyclave gives no guidance about the best character to examine next during an identification. This deficiency can be overcome by using a dual polyclave which indicates how each character separates the taxa not eliminated by characters already observed.
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