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- Bäckman, Kjell, 1949-
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Automatic fitness in generative jazz soloimprovisation
- 2012
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Ingår i: EIMAS 2012 Conference Proceedings. - Juiz de Fora, Brazil. ; , s. 1-10
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent work by the author has revealed the need for an automatic fitness function in the evolutionary algorithmfor generation of jazz solos. A computer based automatic fitness function enables greater populations and a greatnumber of generations within a manageable time. This paper describes how the automatic fitness function isimplemented using score calculation based on specific events recognized in the solo line The evaluation functionis based on the author’s solo analysis of 73 great masters’ solo characteristics and their techniques used for buildupof jazz solos.
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- Coetzee, Wayne Stephen, 1984-, et al.
(författare)
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Nordic Development Studies : Lessons, Pitfalls and Future Directions
- 2016
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Ingår i: The Strategic Review for Southern Africa. - Hatfield : University of Pretoria - ESI Press. - 1013-1108. ; 38:1, s. 126-137
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this article is to reflect on the status of Nordic development studies. To that end, we reflect on two themes that we consider as essential to the field of study but which cause both friction and fragmentation: (i) the many meanings of development; and (ii) Africa as a continued 'object' of Nordic development studies. The article concludes with a reflection about how we think different standpoints on these issues can be productively balanced.
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- Coetzee, Wayne, 1984-
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Sweden’s Weapons Exports Paradox
- 2021
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Ingår i: Do-Gooders at the End of Aid. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. - 9781108488792 - 9781108772129 ; , s. 101-122
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter explores the paradoxical logics embedded in the Swedish policymaking elites’ rationale for exporting advanced conventional weapons to the so-called developing world. Using the South Africa JAS-39 Gripen fighter jet deal as a case study, the chapter demonstrates how the policymaking elite consciously pursues a dual strategy regarding the production and circulation of weapons – one that is driven both by the Swedish internationalist tradition of “doing good” and “being good” in the world, but also for instrumental purposes. Overall, the investigation illustrates how such processes have become embedded societal symbols of Swedish identity in the post-Cold War era – a phenomenon that serves to conflate the operations of a militarized state with the perceived ideals of Swedish mediation, honest brokership, and overall as a significant contributor to frameworks of promoting ethical and peaceful methods on a global stage. These paradoxes, it is argued, raise important questions about so-called “Swedish exceptionalism.”
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