Scaling of flow distance in random self-similar channel networks

Fractals

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 265-282

  Troutman, Brent M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching Process; Drainage Basin Allometry; Horton Strahler Ordering; Random Self similar Network; Recursive Replacement Tree; Width Function

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; RANDOM PROCESSES; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BRANCHING PROCESS; DRAINAGE BASIN ALLOMETRY; HORTON-STRAHLER ORDERING; RANDOM SELF-SIMILAR NETWORKS; RECURSIVE REPLACEMENT TREES; WIDTH FUNCTION;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 27744490248     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X05002945     Document Type: Article

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