On the origin of music by means of natural selection
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 14:31
in Mathematics & Economics
Do away with the DJ and scrap the composer. A computer program powered by Darwinian natural selection and the musical tastes of 7,000 website users may be on the way to creating a perfect pop tune, according to new research published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).