Informational entropy of fractal river networks

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 145-156

  Claps, Pierluigi ^a   Fiorentino, Mauro ^a   Oliveto, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; ESTIMATION; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

GEOMETRIC FRACTAL TREES; INFORMATIONAL ENTROPY; RIVER NETWORKS; SELF SIMILAR PROPERTIES;

HYDROLOGY;

ENTROPY; FRACTAL NETWORK; HORTON ORDER; NETWORK ENTROPY; RIVER NETWORK;

EID: 0030300856     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03092-2     Document Type: Article

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