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direct encoding … the genome directly specifies the ANN (weights/topology).
indirect encoding (aka generative encoding) … the genome specifies a rule/procedure that generates the ANN.
developmental encoding … a subset of indirect encodings where that procedure is framed as (or inspired by) development, usually as a growth/change process (cells, local rules).
A developmental mapping is not a process that is “turned off” when a final stage is reached. The process is working on the organism/artefact throughout its lifetime.
Link to originalMorphogenetic processes may be considered as dynamical system with dynamical structure
Development is a combination of interactions between genotype and phenotypes, and with the environment. As such, natural development can be considered a dynamical systems where the phenotype changes continuously due to growth of new cells and adaptation to external perturbations, i.e. environment. – src
Can we skip modelling growth/development or is it essential? → computational irreducibility?
How does the environment effect neural development? (env complexity network complexity?)
Starting small & growing vs. starting big and pruning
