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Adapting a computational multi agent model for humpback whale song research for use as a tool for algorithmic composition

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Date
31/08/2016
Author
Mcloughlin, Michael
Ingram, Simon
Rendell, Luke Edward
Lamoni, Luca Ubaldo
Kirke, Alexis
Garland, Ellen Clare
Noad, Michael
Miranda, Eduardo
Keywords
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
QH301 Biology
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Abstract
Humpback whales (Megaptera Novaengliae) present one of the most complex displays of cultural transmission amongst non-humans. During breeding seasons, male humpback whales create long, hierarchical songs, which are shared amongst a population. Every male in the population conforms to the same song in a population. During the breeding season these songs slowly change and the song at the end of the breeding season is significantly different from the song heard at the start of the breeding season. The song of a population can also be replaced, if a new song from a different population is introduced.This is known as song revolution. Our research focuses on building computational multi agent models, which seek to recreate these phenomena observed in the wild.Our research relies on methods inspired by computational multi agent models for the evolution of music. This interdisciplinary approach has allowed us to adapt our model so that it may be used not only as a scientific tool, but also a creative tool for algorithmic composition. This paper discusses the model in detail, and then demonstrates how it may be adapted for use as an algorithmic composition tool.
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Mcloughlin , M , Ingram , S , Rendell , L E , Lamoni , L U , Kirke , A , Garland , E C , Noad , M & Miranda , E 2016 , Adapting a computational multi agent model for humpback whale song research for use as a tool for algorithmic composition . in R Großmann & G Hajdu (eds) , Proceedings SMC 2016 . Proceedings of the SMC Conferences , Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg , pp. 274-280 , 13th Sound and Music Computing Conference and Summer School , Hamburg , Germany , 31-3 September .
 
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Publication
Proceedings SMC 2016
ISSN
2518-3672
Type
Conference item
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Copyright: © 2016 First author et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9795
http://quintetnet.hfmt-hamburg.de/SMC2016/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SMC2016_proceedings_final.pdf

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