Title :
Music evolution in a complex system of interacting agents
Author :
Gong, Tao ; Zhang, Qian ; Wu, Hua
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hongkong, China
Abstract :
The evolution of music, from random note strings to certain "pleasant" note sequences, is traced in a multi-agent computational model. A community of agents, with some musical guidelines and expertise from different aspects, compose their own and criticize other\´s music to improve individual music performance. Based on common musical interest, some social structure with small world characteristics is formed up. Through adopting general rule-based system and some evolutionary mechanisms, this model introduces a realistic communication scenario and shows an optimization process following local information. It provides an instructive computational framework to study music as well as other cultural phenomena, such as language.
Keywords :
evolutionary computation; knowledge based systems; multi-agent systems; music; optimisation; agent community; complex system; evolutionary mechanism; interacting agents; multiagent computational model; music evolution; musical guidelines; optimization; pleasant note sequences; random note strings; rule-based system; Automation; Computational modeling; Cultural differences; Frequency; Global communication; Guidelines; Humans; Multiple signal classification; Music; Psychology;
Conference_Titel :
Evolutionary Computation, 2005. The 2005 IEEE Congress on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9363-5
DOI :
10.1109/CEC.2005.1554815
