Multifractal analyses of music sequences

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-194

  Su, Zhi Yuan ^a   Wu, Tzuyin ^b  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fractal; H lder exponent; Multifractal analysis; Multifractal spectrum; Music

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

FRACTAL TRAIT; HÖLDER EXPONENT; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTAL SPECTRUM;

COMPUTER MUSIC;

EID: 33748310514     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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