On geometrical scaling of Cayley trees and river networks

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 322, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 199-210

  Molnar, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cayley trees; Percolation; River networks; Scaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PROBABILITY; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOPOLOGY;

CAYLEY TREES; PERCOLATION; RIVER NETWORKS; SCALING;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PROBABILITY; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOPOLOGY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CLUTCH SIZE; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 33646129893     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.035     Document Type: Article

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