At the crossroads of evolutionary computation and music: Self-programming synthesizers, swarm orchestras and the origins of melody

Evolutionary Computation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-158

  Miranda, Eduardo Reck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Cellular automata music; Cultural evolution; Evolution of music; Generative music; Self programming audio synthesizers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; CELLULAR AUTOMATA MUSIC; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION OF MUSIC; GENERATIVE MUSIC; SELF-PROGRAMMING AUDIO SYNTHESIZERS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATA THEORY; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

COMPUTER MUSIC;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MUSIC; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSIC;

EID: 2542516307     PISSN: 10636560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106365604773955120     Document Type: Review

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