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Configuration Space

Edited by Grognor last updated 18th Mar 2012

A configuration space is an isomorphism between the attributes of something, and its position on a multidimensional graph. Theoretically, the attributes and precise position on the graph should contain the same information. In practice, the concept usually appears as a suffix, as in "walletspace", where "walletspace" refers to the configuration space of all possible wallets, arranged by similarity. Walletspace would intersect with leatherspace, and the set of leather wallets is a subset of both walletspace and leatherspace, which are both subsets of thingspace.

Blog posts

  • Similarity Clusters
  • The Cluster Structure of Thingspace
  • Disguised Queries
  • Neural Categories
  • Mutual Information, and Density in Thingspace
  • Classical Configuration Spaces

See also

  • Superexponential conceptspace
  • Mind design space
  • A Human's Guide to Words

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