entryExitQ: Create a Q-matrix for an Entry exit process

In shill1729/synthesizer: Synthesize sounds, melodies, chords, and stochastic compositions

Description

Populate a Q-matrix, otherwise called infinitesimal generator matrix of a modified birth and death process that models the entry-exits of voices in a musical piece.

Usage

entryExitQ(num_voices, bd_rates)

Arguments

num_voices	number of voices (positive integer) in piece
bd_rates	the modified birth-death process rates, see details

Details

The argument bd_rates must be a named list with elements

• rest the rate of transitions to rests

• down the rate of transitions down a voice

• up the rate of transitions up a voice

• rest_any the rate of transitions from a rest to any number of voices

• full_any the rate of transitions from full-band to any number of voices

Value

matrix

shill1729/synthesizer documentation built on July 9, 2020, 12:52 a.m.