Monterey Mirror is an interactive stochastic music generator based on Markov models, genetic algorithms, and power-law metrics for music information retrieval. It combines the predictive power of Markov models with the innovative power of genetic algorithms, using power-law metrics for fitness evaluation. These metrics have been developed and refined in a decade-long project, which explores mus...

Book design cannot be taught; it can only be learned, preferably by critical study of as many books as possible. Of all the elements which make up a book, white space is frequently the least considered and the most important. Avant garde designs are compared and contrasted with more conservative and traditional approaches. Three key elements: uniformity, information and structure are identified...

In the single band tight-binding approximation, we consider the transport properties of an electron subject to a homogeneous static electric field. We show that repeated interactions of the electron with two-level systems in thermal equilibrium suppress the Bloch oscillations and induce a steady current, the statistical properties of which we study. [email protected] 95000 Cergy-Pontoi...

The article highlights the regional version of Russian avant-garde, which developed in such an important artistic center Russia as Kazan, capital a vast region with multi-confessional and multi-ethnic population. reveals origins phenomenon main stages its development, due to historical events creation reorganization Kazan Art School, First World War Civil War, revolution 1917. author positions ...