Improved moment scaling estimation for multifractal signals

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 641-653

  Veneziano, D ^a   Furcolo, P ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 72449189138     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-16-641-2009     Document Type: Article

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