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Inferring Communities of Medieval Music Manuscripts Using Stochastic Block Models

By: Tim Eipert and  Fabian C. Moss  
Open Access
|Feb 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.298 | Journal eISSN: 2514-3298
Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 26, 2025
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Accepted on: Jan 31, 2026
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Published on: Feb 26, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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