I think we might further define two types of lumper-splitter divides: analytical, and operational. This article explicitly restricts itself to analytical issues, though I'd say it strays into operational territory in the "software modeling" section (since it refers to models made with the intention of immediately implementing them).
The most obvious examples of operational lumper/splitter problems occur in geopolitics. I'm something of an operational lumper myself, and would love to have been born in a time when one could claim to be a world citizen. Not gonna happen anytime soon, though.
However, it appears that I'm an analytical splitter.
The most obvious examples of operational lumper/splitter problems occur in geopolitics. I'm something of an operational lumper myself, and would love to have been born in a time when one could claim to be a world citizen. Not gonna happen anytime soon, though.
However, it appears that I'm an analytical splitter.