Human stick balancing: Tuning Lèvy flights to improve balance control

Chaos

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 691-698

  Cabrera, Juan Luis ^a   Milton, John G ^b  

^a Lab de Fis Estadistica   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 7244257454     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1785453     Document Type: Article

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