A fast MATLAB program to estimate the multifractal spectrum of multidimensional data: Application to fractures

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-249

  De Souza, Jeferson ^a   Pires Rostirolla, Sidnei ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Box counting; Fractal; Fractures; MATLAB; Multifractal

Indexed keywords

BOX-COUNTING; COMMON PROBLEMS; FIELD DATA; MATLAB PROGRAM; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTI-FRACTAL SPECTRUM; MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA; PROGRAM PERFORMANCE; SAMPLING EFFECTS;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; FRACTURE; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

ALGORITHM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTERPOLATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78751630786     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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