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The '''Bühlmann desaturation''' set of parameters is a pure Haldanian model (using Haldane's or Schreiner formula and M-Values) which models the way [[inert gases]] enter and leave the human body as the [[ambient pressure]] changes.<ref name="AAB1984" /> Versions are used to create [[decompression tables]] and in personal dive computers to compute no-decompression limits and decompression schedules for dives in real-time, allowing [[Underwater diving|divers]] to plan the depth and duration for dives and the required [[decompression stops]].

The model (Haldane, 1908)<ref name="haldane" /> assumes [[Decompression theory#Perfusion limited tissues and parallel tissue models|perfusion limited gas exchange and multiple parallel tissue compartments]] and uses an [[Exponential decay|inverse exponential modelformula]] for in-gassing and out-gassing, both of which are assumed to occur in the dissolved phase.

Multiple sets of parameters were developed by Swiss physician Dr. [[Albert A. Bühlmann]], who did research into decompression theory at the Laboratory of Hyperbaric Physiology at the University Hospital in [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]].<ref name="AAB1982" /><ref name="spums1999" />