# A Categorical Generalization of Klumpenhouwer Networks

@inproceedings{Popoff2015ACG,
title={A Categorical Generalization of Klumpenhouwer Networks},
author={Alexandre Popoff and Moreno Andreatta and Andr{\'e}e C. Ehresmann},
booktitle={MCM},
year={2015}
}
• Published in MCM 22 June 2015
• Computer Science
This article proposes a functorial framework for generalizing some constructions of transformational theory. We focus on Klumpenhouwer Networks for which we propose a categorical generalization via the concept of set-valued poly-K-nets (henceforth PK-nets). After explaining why K-nets are special cases of these category-based transformational networks, we provide several examples of the musical relevance of PK-nets as well as morphisms between them. We also show how to construct new PK-nets by…
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