Editing Algorithmic composition (section)

===Evolutionary methods===
[[Evolutionary music|Evolutionary methods of composing music]] are based on [[genetic algorithm]]s.<ref>Charles Fox 2006 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220330045047/https://www.aaai.org/Papers/FLAIRS/2006/Flairs06-047.pdf Genetic Hierarchical Music Structures] ([[American Association for Artificial Intelligence]])</ref> The composition is being built by the means of [[evolution]]ary process. Through [[mutation]] and [[natural selection]], different solutions evolve towards a suitable musical piece. Iterative action of the algorithm cuts out bad solutions and creates new ones from those surviving the process. The results of the process are supervised by the critic, a vital part of the algorithm controlling the quality of created compositions.