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Solutions derived from the minimisation process, that is, the process aimed at reducing complex expressions into a minimal formula. Each solution refers to the result or end product of a truth table analysis. Each solution usually consists of several configurations of conditions joined by logical OR. Depending on the search strategies deployed for retrieving remainders to include in the truth table analysis to minimize away redundant conditions, three solutions can be identified, namely, the Parsimonious, Intermediate and Complex (aka Conservative) solutions. The Parsimonious solution is the solution derived with the aid of remainders without any evaluation of their plausibility. The Intermediate solution is the solution derived with the aid of only those remainders that are consistent with the researcher's theoretical and substantive knowledge. The Complex solution is the solution derived without the aid of any remainders. Although there is a debate in the literature between a pro-intermediate versus a pro-parsimonious solution type, researchers advocating the Intermediate solution now distinguish those attributes among the reported solution that are core from those that are contributing (or peripheral) conditions | Concept | Misangyi et al., 2017 |
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