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A Connectionist Architecture for the Evolution of Rhythms

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Applications of Evolutionary Computing (EvoWorkshops 2006)

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In this paper we propose the use of an interactive multi-agent system for the study of rhythm evolution. The aim of the model proposed here is to show to what extent new rhythms emerge from both the interaction between autonomous agents, and self-organisation of internal rhythmic representations. The agents’ architecture includes connectionist models to process rhythmic information, by extracting, representing and classifying their compositional patterns. The internal models of the agents are then explained and tested. This architecture was developed to explore the evolution of rhythms in a society of virtual agents based upon imitation games, inspired by research on Language evolution.

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  1. Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom

    João M. Martins & Eduardo R. Miranda

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  1. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

    Franz Rothlauf

  2. Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Jürgen Branke

  3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università di Parma,  

    Stefano Cagnoni

  4. Centre of Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra,  

    Ernesto Costa

  5. Dept. LCC, Universidad de Málaga, Spain

    Carlos Cotta

  6. Institute of Computer Science, University of Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Rolf Drechsler

  7. INRIA Saclay - Ile-de-France, Parc Orsay Université, 4, rue Jacques Monod, 91893, ORSAY Cedex, France

    Evelyne Lutton

  8. CISUC, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Polo II of the University of Coimbra, 3030, Coimbra, Portugal

    Penousal Machado

  9. Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA

    Jason H. Moore

  10. Universidade de A Coruña, CP 15071, A Coruña, Spain

    Juan Romero

  11. School of Computing Sciences, UEA Norwich, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK

    George D. Smith

  12. Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

    Giovanni Squillero

  13. Kyushu University, Japan

    Hideyuki Takagi

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Martins, J.M., Miranda, E.R. (2006). A Connectionist Architecture for the Evolution of Rhythms. In: Rothlauf, F., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3907. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11732242_66

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