Ariza, C. 2005. "Navigating the Landscape of Computer-Aided Algorithmic Composition Systems: A Definition, Seven Descriptors, and a Lexicon of Systems and Research." In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association. 765-772. Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ docs/ nlcaacs.pdf abstract

Towards developing methods of software comparison and analysis, this article proposes a definition of a computer-aided algorithmic composition (CAAC) system and offers seven system descriptors: scale, process-time, idiom-affinity, extensibility, event production, sound source, and user environment. The public internet resource algorithmic.net is introduced, providing a lexicon of systems and research in computer aided algorithmic composition.