Atlas, LesWang, Ruobai2017-08-112017-08-112017-06Wang_washington_0250O_17102.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/40050Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2017-06Scattering transform is a Mel-frequency spectrum based, time-deformation stable method, which can be used in evaluating music similarity. Compared with Dynamic time warping, it has better performance in detecting similar audio signals under local time-frequency deformation. Multi-scale scattering means to combine scattering transforms of different window lengths. This paper argues that, multi-scale scattering transform is a good alternative of dynamic time warping in music similarity measuring. We tested the performance of multi-scale scattering transform against other popular methods, with data designed to represent different conditions.application/pdfen-USCC BYmusic similarityscattering transformtime deformationElectrical engineeringElectrical engineeringThesis