Before revision: The paper addresses the question of how to test the validity of candidate systems for general odor reproduction . A novel method and three variants of tests are proposedfor this, which involve ideas from recognition and imitation and take advantage of the availability of near-perfect reproduction methods for sight and sound.
After revision: The paper addresses the question of how to test the validity of candidate systems for general odor reproduction , despite such systems still being far from viable. The reasons for the question being nontrivial are discussed, and a novel method is proposed, which involves ideas from recognition and imitation and take advantage of the availability of near-perfect reproduction methods for sight and sound.