Towards melodic extension using genetic algorithms

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 54-65

  Towsey, Michael ^a   Brown, Andrew ^a   Wright, Susan ^a   Diederich, Joachim ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creativity; Fitness functions; Genetic algorithms; Melodic extensions; Melodic features; Music composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942558683     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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