title: Can a monkey with a computer create art?
abstract: A computer can be programmed to search through the solution of millions of equations to find a few hundred whose graphical display is aesthetically pleasing to humans. This paper describes some methods for performing such an exhaustive search, criteria for automatically judging aesthetic appeal, and examples of the results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA. sprott@physics.wisc.edu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sprott
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics