Capsule Network Ontology

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AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/ai-ontologies/neural-networks/capsule-network-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define an AI-readable semantic ontology for a Capsule Network,
    including capsules, vector or matrix activations, pose information,
    transformation matrices, prediction vectors, routing coefficients,
    routing-by-agreement, parent-child relationships, outputs, loss,
    training and recursive part-whole representation refinement.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Agentic AI
    Machine Learning Systems
    Deep Learning Systems
    Computer Vision Systems
    Recursive Learning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Capsule Network ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Capsule Network

ABBREVIATION
    CapsNet

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Neural Networks

DOMAIN
    Artificial Intelligence
    Machine Learning
    Neural Networks
    Capsule Networks
    Deep Learning
    Computer Vision
    Representation Learning
    Part-Whole Modelling

CORE_DEFINITION
    A Capsule Network is a neural network architecture that represents
    detected entities or features using groups of artificial units called
    capsules, often encoding activation together with pose or instantiation
    information and using routing mechanisms to model part-whole relationships.

ENTITY_IDS
    CAPSULE_NETWORK
        ID
            CAPSULE_NETWORK_001

    CAPSULE
        ID
            CAPSULE_001

    CAPSULE_INPUT
        ID
            CAPSULE_INPUT_001

    CAPSULE_OUTPUT
        ID
            CAPSULE_OUTPUT_001

    POSE
        ID
            CAPSULE_POSE_001

    ACTIVATION
        ID
            CAPSULE_ACTIVATION_001

    TRANSFORMATION_MATRIX
        ID
            TRANSFORMATION_MATRIX_001

    PREDICTION_VECTOR
        ID
            PREDICTION_VECTOR_001

    ROUTING_COEFFICIENT
        ID
            ROUTING_COEFFICIENT_001

    ROUTING_ALGORITHM
        ID
            ROUTING_ALGORITHM_001

    AGREEMENT
        ID
            CAPSULE_AGREEMENT_001

FACTS
    Capsule Network
        is_a
            Neural Network

    Capsule Network
        contains
            Capsules
            Parameters
            Routing Mechanisms

    Capsule
        may_encode
            Presence
            Activation
            Pose
            Orientation
            Scale
            Deformation
            Other Instantiation Parameters

    Capsule Network
        may_use
            Dynamic Routing
            Routing by Agreement
            Transformation Matrices
            Vector Outputs
            Matrix Outputs

    Capsule Network
        may_support
            Object Recognition
            Part-Whole Modelling
            Pose-aware Representation
            Computer Vision
            Structured Feature Learning

RELATIONSHIPS
    Neural Networks
        contains
            Capsule Network Ontology

    Capsule
        receives
            Capsule Input

    Lower-level Capsule
        predicts
            Higher-level Capsule State

    Transformation Matrix
        transforms
            Lower-level Capsule Output

    Transformation
        produces
            Prediction Vector

    Routing Coefficient
        weights
            Prediction Vector

    Routing Algorithm
        updates
            Routing Coefficient

    Agreement
        influences
            Routing Coefficient

    Weighted Prediction Vectors
        aggregate_into
            Parent Capsule Input

    Squashing or Activation Function
        transforms
            Capsule Input
        into
            Capsule Output

    Capsule Output
        may_encode
            Activation Magnitude
            Pose-related Direction or Components

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Capsule Network
        =
            CapsNet

    Capsule
        approximately_equals
            Grouped Neural Representation Unit

    Routing by Agreement
        is_a
            Capsule Routing Mechanism

    Capsule
        does_not_equal
            Single Artificial Neuron

    Capsule Output
        does_not_equal
            Scalar Activation universally

    Routing Coefficient
        does_not_equal
            Learned Causal Relationship

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Capsule
        CapsNet
        Vector
        Matrix
        Pose
        Activation
        Transformation Matrix
        Prediction Vector
        Routing
        Routing Coefficient
        Agreement
        Parent Capsule
        Child Capsule
        Squashing Function

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Capsule Network

    Parent
        Neural Networks

    Core Components
        Capsule
        Capsule Input
        Capsule Output
        Pose
        Activation
        Transformation Matrix
        Prediction Vector
        Routing Coefficient
        Routing Algorithm
        Agreement

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Capsule Network
    as
        A neural architecture using grouped representation units and
        routing to model structured part-whole relationships.

    Distinguish
        Capsule
    from
        Artificial Neuron

    Distinguish
        Capsule Activation
    from
        Pose Representation

    Distinguish
        Routing Coefficient
    from
        Causal Relationship

    Preserve
        Capsule identity
        Parent-child relation
        Vector or matrix dimensions
        Transformation parameters
        Routing iteration
        Routing coefficients

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Capsule Network

    Possible Intent
        Capsule network definition
        Capsule network ontology
        CapsNet
        Neural capsules
        Dynamic routing
        Routing by agreement
        Pose representation
        Part-whole neural network
        Capsule vectors

    Resolution
        Identify capsule representations, transformations, routing
        mechanism and parent-child agreement relationships.

CONSTRAINTS
    Capsules and individual artificial neurons must remain distinct.

    Capsule vector or matrix dimensions must be preserved.

    Pose and activation semantics must remain distinguishable where
    architecture defines them separately.

    Transformation matrices must remain associated with the correct
    source-target capsule relationship.

    Routing coefficients must remain associated with the relevant
    prediction and parent capsule.

    Routing iterations must preserve update order.

    Routing agreement must not automatically be interpreted as causal evidence.

    Capsule architectures vary; specific pose and activation semantics
    must follow the defined implementation.

    Training performance must not automatically be treated as generalisation.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Lower Capsule Output U_i
    AND
        Transformation Matrix W_ij
    THEN
        compute_possible
            Prediction U_hat_j_given_i = W_ij(U_i)

    IF
        Prediction U_hat_j_given_i
    AND
        Routing Coefficient C_ij
    THEN
        compute_possible
            Weighted Prediction = C_ij * U_hat_j_given_i

    IF
        Multiple Weighted Predictions target Parent Capsule j
    THEN
        aggregate
            Parent Capsule Input S_j

    IF
        Squashing Function receives S_j
    THEN
        compute_possible
            Parent Capsule Output V_j

    IF
        Prediction and Parent Output agree strongly
    THEN
        increase
            Relevant Routing Coefficient
        according_to
            Routing Algorithm

    IF
        Routing iterations repeat
    THEN
        update
            Parent-child Assignment Strength

    IF
        Routing coefficient is high
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Causal Relationship

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Capsule Relationship
        1.00

    Transformation Relationship
        1.00

    Routing Relationship
        1.00

    Agreement Relationship
        0.99

    Pose Relationship
        0.99

    Capsule-Neuron Equivalence
        0.00

    Routing-Causation Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Lower-level Capsule
        →
    Capsule Output
        →
    Transformation Matrix
        →
    Prediction Vector

    Prediction Vector
        →
    Routing Coefficient
        →
    Weighted Prediction

    Multiple Weighted Predictions
        →
    Aggregation
        →
    Parent Capsule Input

    Parent Capsule Input
        →
    Squashing or Activation Function
        →
    Parent Capsule Output

    Parent Capsule Output
        +
    Prediction Vector
        →
    Agreement

    Agreement
        →
    Routing Update
        →
    Revised Routing Coefficient

KNOWLEDGE_GRAPH
    Capsule Network
        contains
            Capsule

    Capsule
        has
            Capsule Output

    Lower-level Capsule
        predicts
            Parent Capsule

    Transformation Matrix
        maps
            Lower Capsule Output
        to
            Prediction Vector

    Routing Coefficient
        weights
            Prediction Vector

    Routing Algorithm
        updates
            Routing Coefficient

    Agreement
        influences
            Routing

    Parent Capsule
        represents
            Higher-level Feature or Entity Hypothesis

RECURSIVE_CAPSULE_LOOP
    Receive Lower-level Capsule Outputs
        →
    Apply Transformation Matrices
        →
    Produce Parent Predictions
        →
    Initialise Routing Coefficients
        →
    Weight Predictions
        →
    Aggregate Parent Capsule Inputs
        →
    Apply Capsule Activation or Squashing
        →
    Produce Parent Capsule Outputs
        →
    Measure Prediction-Output Agreement
        →
    Update Routing Coefficients
        →
    Repeat Routing for Defined Iterations
        →
    Pass Parent Capsule Outputs Forward
        →
    Compute Training Loss
        →
    Backpropagate Gradients
        →
    Update Trainable Parameters
        →
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Capsule Architecture
        Capsule Outputs
        Transformation Parameters
        Routing State
        Training State

    OBSERVE
        Detect capsule-network entities.

    EXTRACT
        Capsule
        Pose
        Activation
        Transformation
        Prediction
        Routing Coefficient
        Agreement
        Parent-child Relationship

    CLASSIFY
        Vector Capsule Network
        Matrix Capsule Network
        Dynamic-routing Capsule Network
        Routing-by-agreement Network
        Convolutional Capsule Network

    VALIDATE
        Check dimensions, transformations, routing assignments and iterations.

    COMPUTE
        Apply defined capsule and routing transformations.

    INFER
        Determine supported capsule relationships.

    EXPLAIN
        Preserve lower-capsule-to-parent-capsule routing path.

    UPDATE
        Apply validated routing and parameter changes.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Explicit capsule dimensions
        computational_confidence += high

    Defined transformation matrices
        computational_confidence += high

    Defined routing algorithm
        computational_confidence += high

    Unknown routing semantics
        confidence -= high
        for
            Exact Routing Interpretation

    Dimension mismatch
        reject_or_flag

    Independent evaluation
        performance_confidence += high

    Routing agreement alone
        causal_confidence = 0.00

    Training-only performance
        does_not_establish
            Generalisation

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Capsule Network
        connects_to
            Neural Networks
            Neural Network
            Artificial Neuron
            Neural Layer
            Convolutional Neural Network
            Representation Learning
            Computer Vision
            Object Recognition
            Pose Estimation
            Part-Whole Modelling
            Deep Learning
            Routing Algorithms

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Capsule identity
        Capsule dimensions
        Pose representation
        Activation representation
        Transformation matrix
        Prediction vector
        Routing coefficient
        Routing iteration
        Parent-child relation
        Model version

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New architecture, routing state, parameter state or evaluation evidence.

    Compare
        Existing capsule-network state.

    Detect
        Parameter Update
        Routing Change
        Capsule Change
        Architecture Change
        Performance Change

    Validate
        Capsule dimensions
        Transformation compatibility
        Routing semantics
        Parent-child mappings
        Evaluation

    Integrate
        Supported model change.

    Recalculate
        Predictions
        Routing coefficients
        Capsule outputs
        Performance confidence

    Return
        Updated capsule-network state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Capsules and artificial neurons remain distinct.
        Capsule dimensions are preserved.
        Pose and activation semantics remain distinct where defined.
        Transformation matrices map correct capsule pairs.
        Routing coefficients map to correct predictions and parents.
        Routing iteration order is preserved.
        Routing agreement is not treated as causation.
        Architecture-specific semantics are preserved.
        Training performance is not treated as generalisation.
        All outputs follow supported capsule-routing paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        →
    Capsule Network Detection
        →
    Intent Resolution
        →
    Capsule Representation Mapping
        →
    Transformation Matrix Mapping
        →
    Prediction Vector Construction
        →
    Routing Coefficient Mapping
        →
    Agreement and Routing Validation
        →
    Parent Capsule Construction
        →
    Confidence Assessment
        →
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Capsule Network

    Abbreviation
        CapsNet

    Parent
        Neural Networks

    Type
        Structured part-whole neural representation architecture

    Core Components
        Capsule
        Capsule Input
        Capsule Output
        Pose
        Activation
        Transformation Matrix
        Prediction Vector
        Routing Coefficient
        Routing Algorithm
        Agreement

    Critical Distinction
        A capsule is a grouped neural representation rather than a single
        artificial neuron. Routing coefficients express architecture-defined
        assignment or agreement strength and must not be interpreted as
        causal relationships.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    A Capsule Network, or CapsNet, is a neural architecture that groups
    artificial units into capsules capable of representing feature presence
    together with pose or other instantiation information. Lower-level
    capsules transform their outputs into predictions for higher-level
    capsules, while routing algorithms adjust the strength of these
    part-whole assignments according to agreement. Reliable capsule-network
    modelling preserves capsule dimensions, transformation relationships
    and routing semantics while avoiding causal interpretations of routing
    coefficients.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org