A Subsumption Agent for Collaborative Free Improvisation
- Submitting institution
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The Open University
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 1453859
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1162/COMJ_a_00323
- Title of journal
- Computer Music Journal
- Article number
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- First page
- 96
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 0148-9267
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 9
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper applies the subsumption architecture of Brooks in the design and evaluation of an artificial agent for collaborative musical free improvisation and contributes to an empirical understanding of improvisation. The work showed that expert musicians were often prepared to attribute agency to a system with minimal state. The idea that a simple system can lead to rich collaborations was taken up by the Open Melody system (https://ordo.open.ac.uk/collections/Open_Melody_-_a_human-AI_collaborative_music_creativity_tool/5177342) currently being used as a core part of our public engagement programme. The work contributed to the PhD thesis of Linson, now University of Stirling (50th) Anniversary (Research) Fellow.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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