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Jody,

>>MiG Plan develops tables 
>>faithful to the original design of the [Buhlmann] models, and therefore 
deserves 
>>neither credit nor blame for the reliability of its output.  

Then John,

>I have to take exception with this statement.  If you run MigPlan with
>"Normal" bias, then you are running the Buhlmann algorithm.  However,
>once the diver/user chooses any of the "more conservative" bias settings,
>then they are running something other than pure Buhlmann, they are running
>a MigPlan modified Buhlmann.  Changing Dr. Buhlmann's "a" or "b" parameters
>does constitute modifying the algorithm.  And, once the algorithm is
>modified, relying on the testing done on the "pure" Buhlmann tables is no
>longer valid.

I would like to agree with John, and stress that the "a" and "b" parameters 
(and the fact that 16+ of them are used) are the Buhlmann model, and if they 
are modified, it is no longer Buhlmann.  The rest is just basic algebra. 

regards,

David Doolette
ddoolett@me*.ad*.ed*.au*

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