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>Posted on 4 Mar 1996 at 22:33:14 by Richard Pyle

>My main point, I guess, is that we can spec'alate 'till the cows come home

>about specific physiological mechanisms and how they relate to DCI
>probability, but if all those discussions are couched in the context of
>compartment-based models as the "true" explanation of what''s going on,
>then we may be deluding ourselves.


The domain of validity of a model can only be established
through observations.  I have a hard time seeing the risk
of delusion being confined to just the compartment-based
models.


I'm leaving for Florida shortly so I'll taper out my
contributions here with the following:

When I suggested that the M values scale with the mass I
suspected that what I did was nothing more than departing
from the compartment model and approach a statistical
free gas phase model with the DCI risk scaling with the total
number of bubbles in existance at any one given time.
I saw such a model as desirable because of the ease at which
it can be simulated on a computer.

I think the concensus was against me :-).

Later,
John

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