Date of Award
5-20-2012
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Honors Thesis
Department
Mathematics
First Advisor
Christopher Wilson
Abstract
As an actuarial science student, my observations have a different focus than the other composers. In the industry, actuaries aren't interested in a probability model for its own sake. Rather, they "want to use the model to analyze the ... impact of the events being modeled" [Da]. This analysis focuses equally on the generation of the model as well as the results of the model. While other researchers have investigated many topics in the field of musical generation through mathematical means, no one has yet explored non-homogeneous and homogeneous models simultaneously. This study compares melodic material generated from both homogeneous and non-homogeneous models in an attempt to determine which model leads to a more accurate representation of the given melody.
Recommended Citation
Buenger, Eric Robert Sherman, "An Investigation of Melodic Musical Modeling Using Homogeneous and Non-Homogeneous Markov Chains" (2012). Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection. 166.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/ugtheses/166