Department of Informatics

School of Science and Technology

Final Year Project

for the Award of
Music Informatics BSc

Music Similarity Measures for

Interpolative Playlist Generation

Author: Supervisor:
Jamil George Bashi (93432) Dr. Nick Collins
Abstract
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Declaration
This report is submitted as part requirement for the degree of Music Informatics at the University of
Sussex. It is the product of my own labour except where indicated in the text. The report may be freely
copied and distributed provided the source is acknowledged.

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Dedication
I would like to dedicate this dissertation to the following people, without whom this would not have been
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Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 Review of Existing Systems 2

2.1 Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.3 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.4 Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.5 Review and Identification of Problem Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

3 Specifications and Requirement Analysis 3

3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2 System Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3 Requirement Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3.1 Hardware & Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.4 Professional Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.4.1 Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.4.2 Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

4 Method, Design, and Implementation 4

4.1 Overview, Theory & Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2 Critique of Design and Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

5 Testing 5
5.1 Functional Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.2 Automated Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.3 User Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.4 Critique of Testing Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

6 Analysis 6
6.1 Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.2 Efficacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.3 Weaknesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

7 Summary and Conclusions 7

7.1 Alternative Methodologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7.2 Future Work and Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Bibliography 8

A System Diagram 9

B Source Code 10

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Chapter 1

Introduction

1
Chapter 2

Review of Existing Systems

2.1 Outline
2.2 Concepts
2.3 Software
2.4 Literature
2.5 Review and Identification of Problem Areas

2
Chapter 3

Specifications and Requirement

Analysis

3.1 Overview
3.2 System Objectives
3.3 Requirement Analysis
3.3.1 Hardware & Storage

3.4 Professional Considerations

3.4.1 Copyright
3.4.2 Conduct

3
Chapter 4

Method, Design, and

Implementation

4.1 Overview, Theory & Principles

4.2 Critique of Design and Implementation

4
Chapter 5

Testing

5.1 Functional Testing

5.2 Automated Testing
5.3 User Testing
5.4 Critique of Testing Method

5
Chapter 6

Analysis

6.1 Accuracy
6.2 Efficacy
6.3 Weaknesses

6
Chapter 7

Summary and Conclusions

7.1 Alternative Methodologies

7.2 Future Work and Extensions

7
Bibliography

8
Appendix A

System Diagram

9
Appendix B

Source Code

10