evolve-solution-population

Purpose

Maintain diverse candidate solutions, mutate/recombine them, select under fitness and novelty criteria, and avoid premature convergence.

Input contract

mode_contracts:
  mutation-selection: &evolution_input
    required: [initial_solution_population, fitness_criteria]
    optional: [mutation_operators, novelty_criteria, iteration_budget]
    constraints: [population_members_must_be_comparable_under_declared_criteria]
  novelty-preserving-evolution: *evolution_input

Execution protocol

Do not perform called SOP operations inline; each loaded SOP owns its contract and thresholds.