Fractal physiology and the fractional calculus: A perspective

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 1 OCT, Issue , 2010, Pages

  West, Bruce J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric control; Fractals; Fractional calculus; Physiology; Power law statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960960444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2010.00012     Document Type: Article

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