Thoughts on creative evolution: A meta-generative approach to composition

Contemporary Music Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-55

  Dahlstedt, Palle ^a  

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Author keywords

Computer music; Creativity; Evolutionary algorithms; Generative music; Music composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949101279     PISSN: 07494467     EISSN: 14772256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07494460802664023     Document Type: Review

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