Computer Algorithms, Objective Evidence of Whether One is "Safer"

[JohnN]

Could you look at this from a different angle?

Does DAN (or anyone else?) have data on reported DCS incidents that also includes the type of diving and the computer used?

i do not think this will answer the original question, but it may provide food for thought and discussion.

One of the problems with this approach is that given the low incidence of DCS, it would be extremely difficult to tease out the environmental variables that we believe contribute to DCS (e.g. PFO, dehydration, general fitness, water temperature, etc) from the baseline. One of the strengths (IMHO at least) of the study was that they were trying to use VGE (Doppler bubble score) as a proxy for susceptibility to taking a DCS 'hit'. The MDL2 profile is something that few rational persons would take on without a compelling reason.

The problem with studies of this type is that you would need to maintain your testing population through all the dive profiles knowing that one or more of your testers could encounter DCS. I'm afraid outside of the military at war, getting this approved would be nearly impossible