Relevance of percolation theory to power-law behavior of dynamic processes including transport in disordered media

Complexity

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 13-27

  Hunt, Allen ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350704741     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.20267     Document Type: Article

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