DJ-boids: emergent collective behavior as multichannel radio station programming

In this paper we propose to apply emergent collective behavior ideas to automatically program Internet multichannel radio stations. The proposed model simulates n virtual Dj's (one per channel) playing songs at the same time. Every virtual Dj takes into account the songs played by the other ones, programming a sequence of songs whose order is also coherent. That is, every song played in a channel takes into account both, the song previously played in the same channel and the songs being played in the other channels at the same time. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces – graphical user interfaces, interaction styles, prototyping. General Terms Algorithms, experimentation. Keywords Complex systems, emergent behavior, mutichannel radio station programming

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: IUI
• Authors: Jesús Ibáñez, Antonio F. Gómez-Skarmeta, Josep Blat
• Keywords: Emergent Collective Behavior, IUI 2003, Radio Station, Software Engineering, Virtual Dj