The formation of a tree leaf

ESAIM - Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-377

  Xia, Qinglan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Formation of a tree leaf; Leaf shape; Leaf venation pattern; Optimal transport system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; COST FUNCTIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER;

LEAF VENATION PATTERN; OPTIMAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM; RAMIFYING STRUCTURES; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; TREE LEAF;

FORESTRY;

LEAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TREES;

EID: 34547548209     PISSN: 12928119     EISSN: 12623377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/cocv:2007016     Document Type: Article

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