Open AccessArtificial Selection Strategies Implementation in a Model for Musical Variation
Author(s) -
Carlos de Lemos Almada
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
musica theorica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-5541
DOI - 10.52930/mt.v1i1.5
Subject(s) - darwin (adl) , selection (genetic algorithm) , musical , variation (astronomy) , computer science , adaptation (eye) , context (archaeology) , artificial intelligence , population , cognitive science , sociology , psychology , software engineering , biology , art , visual arts , physics , demography , neuroscience , astrophysics , paleontology
The present paper, integrating a broad research project intended to systematically study musical variation, presents two kinds of strategies employed in population control of derived forms produced in a computational complex. Both strategies are based on the principle of artificial selection, originated from Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution (Darwin, 1859/1872). Initially commenting on the conception of organic musical creation that provided the theoretical basis for the research and a brief description of four computational programs elaborated for systematical production of variants from a basic musical cell, the study presents the concept of artificial selection and its adaptation to musical context. It is followed by details of the two selection strategies´ recent implementation in the system. The paper concludes with a discussion on the results obtained in the current stage of implementation.