How does connectivity affect landscape shape ?
In general the higher the connectivity the more rugged the landscape becomes. Simply connected landscapes have a single peak, a change to one parameter has little effect on the others so a smooth change in properties is found during adaptive walks. High connectivity means that variables interact and we have to settle for compromise fitnesses, many lower peaks are found and the system becomes stuck at local optima or attractors, rather than being able to reach a global optima.
