In order to analyze metrical and semantics aspects of poetry in Spanish with computational techniques, we have developed a large corpus annotated with metrical information. In this paper we will present and discuss the development of this corpus: the formal representation of metrical patterns, the semi-automatic annotation process based on a new automatic scansion system, the main annotation pr...

A method is developed for the computation of depth maps, modulo scale, from one single image of a polyhedral scene. Only aane shape properties of the scene and image are used, hence no metrical information. Results from simple experiments show good performance, both what concerns exactness and robustness. It is also shown how the underlying theory may be used to single out and characterise cert...

Canonical quantization may be approached from several different starting points. The usual approaches involve promotion of c-numbers to q-numbers, or path integral constructs, each of which generally succeeds only in Cartesian coordinates. All quantization schemes that lead to Hilbert space vectors and Weyl operators—even those that eschew Cartesian coordinates—implicitly contain a metric on a ...

The paper develops a constraint-based theory of prosodic phrasing and prominence, based on an HPSG framework, with an implementation in ALE. Prominence and juncture are represented by n-ary branching metrical trees. The general aim is to define prosodic structures recursively, in parallel with the definition of syntactic structures. We address a number of prima facie problems arising from the d...

Online learning and competitive analysis are two widely studied frameworks for online decisionmaking settings. Despite the frequent similarity of the problems they study, there are significant differences in their assumptions, goals and techniques, hindering a unified analysis and richer interplay between the two. In this paper, we provide several contributions in this direction. We provide a s...

The Price equation shows the unity between the fundamental expressions of change in biology, in information and entropy descriptions of populations, and in aspects of thermodynamics. The Price equation partitions the change in the average value of a metric between two populations. A population may be composed of organisms or particles or any members of a set to which we can assign probabilities...

In this paper we propose a novel method, called Metrical Circle Map, for exploring the cyclic aspects of musical time. To this end, we give a concise formalization and introduce the notion of Metrical Markov chains as n-th order transition probabilities of segments on the metrical circle. Several examples from a wide range of music, including monophonic folk and pop songs, as well as polyphonic...