The compsci analogy that comes to mind for me is mesh generation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_generation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_generati

The compsci analogy that comes to mind for me is mesh generation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_generation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_generation There are many triangulations, but they approximate the same underlying model.