Press release issued: 17 December 2011 New research by academics in the University of Bristol’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory has looked at whether a song can be predicted to be a ‘hit’ New research has looked at whether a song can be predicted to be a ‘hit’. The paper, to be presented at an international workshop this week, argues that predicting the popularity of a song may well be feasible by
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