Smooth Brick Representations

If the mapping between representation space and virtual object (represented) space is a topological homeomorphism in some sense, and by that we mean that small variations in the representation are mapped into small variations in the virtual object, in other words, a representation should be

• function: all genotypes code for valid phenotypes
• injective (compact, nonredundant): different genotypes lead to different phenotypes
• surjective (universal): all phenotypes are representable
• continuous: small variations in the genotype produce small variations in the phenotype
• inversely continuous: small variations in the phenotype can be induced by small variations in the genotype

 

 

• Shift L/R
• Grow/Shrink L/R
• with/without carry
• Jump (from one branch to another)

• Replace simulation with evolution