/mutate-solution-population

name: mutate-solution-population
description: "Generate controlled variants of a solution population through mutation/recombination operators while retaining lineage and changed dimensions."

mutate-solution-population

Purpose

Generate controlled solution variants through mutation or recombination while retaining lineage and changed dimensions.

Input contract

required: [solution_population, mutation_or_recombination_rules]
optional: [protected_features, variation_budget]
constraints: [each variant records parent lineage and changed dimensions]

Procedure

1. Select parent solutions and dimensions eligible for change. 2. Apply declared mutation or recombination operations. 3. Validate variant coherence and record lineage, novelty, and protected features.

Output contract

produces: [variant_population, lineage_map, changed_dimensions, novelty_notes]
delta_fields: [findings, hypothesis_updates, uncertainties]

Quality gates

• No variant lacks lineage; mutations are bounded and recombinations identify both parents.

Failure and counterexamples

Reject untracked variants or mutations that alter protected features without an explicit override.

Provenance map

• `evolution-strategy/variation`: concept (no exact pool entry; exact pool entry is `parameter-variation`).