Lacunarity definition for ramified data sets based on optimal cover

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 129-152

  Tolle, Charles R ^a   McJunkin, Timothy R ^a   Rohrbaugh, David T ^a   LaViolette, Randall A ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractals; Mathematical methods in physics; Pattern recognition; Ramified data

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FRACTALS; FUZZY SETS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

RAMIFIED DATA;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037542511     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(03)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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