Supporting Data for “Agent-Based Models of Sexual Selection in Bird Vocalizations Using Generative Approaches”

<b>Associated publication:</b><br>Zhao, H.; Arita, T.; Suzuki, R. Agent-Based Models of Sexual Selection in Bird Vocalizations Using Generative Approaches. <i>Appl. Sci.</i> <b>2025</b>, <i>15</i>, 10481. https://doi.org/10.3390/app151910481<b>Description:</b><br>This repository contains the datasets and code associated with the above publication.<br>It includes:<br>The original field recording dataThe training codes and dataset of VAE modelThe trained model checkpoint files (network files) of VAE modelThe codes and evolutionary results for implementing the VAE-based evolutionary modelThe scripts for generating the main results of VAE evolutionary modelThe training dataset of TTA modelThe codes and evolutionary results for implementing the TTA-based evolutionary modelThe scripts for generating the main results of TTA evolutionary model<b>Contents</b><b>:</b><code>original_recording_data.zip</code> – Field recordings of the Blue-and-white Flycatcher (<i>Cyanoptila cyanomelana</i>) used as source material.<code>vae_Dataset.zip</code> – Dataset used for VAE model training<code>convolutional-variational-autoencoder.ipynb</code> – VAE training notebookvae_4sec_epoch_2000.pth - The trained VAE model checkpoint files (network files)<code>vae_based_evolutionary_model.ipynb</code> – Implementation of the agent-based evolutionary model using VAE and the analysis of evolutionaryVAE_evo_results.zip - The evolutionary results of VAE-based evolutionary experiments<code>generatedist.ipynb</code> and <code>getImages.ipynb</code>: Helper scripts for visualizing analysis of VAE evolved genes and VAE latent spaceTTA_dataset.rar -– Dataset used for TTA model trainingTTA_based_evolution_model.ipynb – Implementation of the agent-based evolutionary model using fine-tuned TTA modeltta_evo_results.zip - The evolutionary results of TTA-based evolutionary experimentsAnalysis_tta.zip - Helper scripts for generating the main results of TTA- evolutionary model<b>Notes:</b>Other materials related to the Text-to-Audio (TTA) evolutionary model are stored in a separate folder due to Stability AI Community License requirements. These materials include:TTA model training codesTrained model checkpoint files (network files)All above materials related to TTA model training are available at: https://nuss.nagoya-u.ac.jp/s/FnATf3dJBfTEBTg. This folder also contains detailed documentation on file descriptions and licensing terms.<br><br><br>