A Generative Theory of Shape

• Main Author: Leyton, Michael (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2145
• Subjects: Optical data processing.; Geometry.; Application software.; Computer graphics.; Group theory.; Computer-aided engineering.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Computer Applications.; Computer Graphics.; Group Theory and Generalizations.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.

The purpose of this book is to develop a generative theory of shape that has two properties we regard as fundamental to intelligence -(1) maximization of transfer: whenever possible, new structure should be described as the transfer of existing structure; and (2) maximization of recoverability: the...