VMs: Four column model/paradigm...

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dennis,

At 21:27 14/11/2003 -0600, Dennis wrote:
> FWIW.  I like these two paradigms for their simplicity.
> Firth said his paradigm accounted for ~250 Voynichese
> words out of a possible ~420 it could generate.
>
> Does anyone see any further conclusions?  I'm thinking.

I've developed my "four column" model (from f78r) into something more 
substantial: here's a diagram of a Markov model which explains what I'm 
thinking...

        http://www.nickpelling.com/voynich/fourcolumns.gif

Each box represents a Markov state, starting with [Start] and ending with 
[End].

The two red boxes refer to hidden Markov states (which I've guessed at) - 
these keep the complexity of the diagram down, and (if I've guessed them 
right) may also be suggestive of a deeper understanding of the VMs' 
word-structure.

Each arrow represents a transition from one Markov state to the next - 
these travel across columns (ie, from left to right), with the exception of 
the two dotted lines in the middle (between  [e/ee] and [ckh|cth]), which 
ATM mean "only ever follow a maximum of one of these within any given 
word". There may be better ways of representing this, but what the hey. :-)

I haven't yet worked out how many VMs-like words this model should generate 
- with all the possible permutations of paths, it's not the kind of thing 
you'd want to be calculating in our head. :-o  Any suggestions?

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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