Algorithmic composition : paradigms of automated music generation /

Nierhaus, Gerhard.

Algorithmic composition : paradigms of automated music generation / Gerhard Nierhaus. - Wien ; New York : Springer, c2010. - x, 287 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical development of algorithmic procedures -- Markov models -- Generative grammars -- Transition networks -- Chaos and self-similarity -- Genetic algorithms -- Cellular automata -- Artificial neural networks -- Artificial intelligence -- Final synopsis.

321175539X 9783211755396

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Computer composition.
Composition (Music)
Music theory--Mathematics.
Musical analysis.
Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
Algorithms.
Soft computing.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.--20th century
Music--History and criticism.--20th century

MT 56 / .N54 2010