Such a code is obtained by capturing a maximum amount of visual regularity and yields a hierarchical organization of the stimulus in terms of wholes and parts.
[4] Historically, the simplicity principle is an information-theoretical translation of the Gestalt law of Prägnanz,[5] which was inspired by the natural tendency of physical systems to settle into relatively stable states defined by a minimum of free-energy.
Furthermore, just as the later-proposed minimum description length principle in algorithmic information theory (AIT), a.k.a.
Crucial to the latter finding is the distinction between, and integration of, viewpoint-independent and viewpoint-dependent factors in vision, as proposed in SIT's empirically successful model of amodal completion.
The perceptual relevance of the criteria of holography and transparency has been verified in the holographic approach to visual regularity.