Parsimony

Parsimony may refer to:

• The law of parsimony, or Occam's razor, a problem-solving principle
• Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics), an optimality criterion in phylogenetics
• Parsimony Press, a fine press brand ran by typographer Robert Norton
• Parsimonious reduction, a type of reduction in complexity theory

See also

• Frugality
• Philosophical razor
• Simplicity