Today, large collections of digital music plays are available. These audio data are time series which need to be indexed and classified for diverse applications. Indexing and classification differs from time series analysis, in that it generalises several series, whereas time series analysis...

Cultural proximity increases bilateral trade flows through a trade-cost and a bilateral-affinity (preferences) channel. Conventional measures of cultural proximity, such as common language, common religion, etc., do not allow to separately quantify those channels empirically. We argue that...

Abstract Organisationen und Unternehmen müssen sich in komplexer werdenden Umwelten orientieren. Über geronnene Strukturen und formalisierbare Arbeitsabläufe und Strategien lasst sich ihre Praxis nur höchst unzureichend verstehen. In einem prozessualen, musikalischen Verständnis werden...