Temporal evolution and local patterns

Abstract

We elaborate on the subject of pattern change as a result of population evolution. We provide an overview of literature threads relevant to this subject, where the focus is on related works in the area of pattern adaptation rather than on modelling or understanding change. We then describe our temporal model for patterns as evolving objects and propose criteria to capture the interestingness of pattern change. We also present heuristics that trace interesting changes. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.