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The Design and Optimisation of Surround Sound Decoders Using Heuristic Methods

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Since the introduction of the DVD (both video and audio) surround sound has become an affordable luxury, surround sound mixing and reproduction equipment is also in widespread use.

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  1. College of Engineering and Technology, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, DE22 1GB, Derby, UK

    Bruce Wiggins & Stuart Berry

  2. University of Derby, Kedleston Road, DE22 1GB, Derby, UK

    Val Lowndes

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  1. Department of Computing and Mathematics, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

    Stuart Berry

  2. University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

    Val Lowndes

  3. University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

    Marcello Trovati

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Wiggins, B., Berry, S., Lowndes, V. (2017). The Design and Optimisation of Surround Sound Decoders Using Heuristic Methods. In: Berry, S., Lowndes, V., Trovati, M. (eds) Guide to Computational Modelling for Decision Processes. Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55417-4_11

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