Fractal analysis. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Clifford T. Brown, Larry S. Liebovitch.
• Other Names: Brown, Clifford T, 1962-; Liebovitch, Larry S
• Contents: About the Authors; Series Editor's Introduction; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction to Fractal Analysis; Mandelbrot; What Are Fractals?; Fractal Dimension: Quantifying Fractal Properties; The Formal Definition of Fractals; Discussion; Chapter 2. Fractal Analysis of Frequency Distributions; Power Laws; Summary; Chapter 3. Fractal Patterns Embedded in Two Dimensions; Estimating the Fractal Dimension of Empirical Data; Summary and Discussion; Chapter 4. Social Processes That Generate Fractals; How We Do Our "To Do" Lists: Preferential Priorities; How We Kill: Attendant Causes, Self-Organized Criticality, and Agent-Based Models; How We Network: Preferential Attachment; How We Decide Where to Live: Diffusion Limited Aggregation; How We Look for Food: Lévy Flights; How We Live Together: Balancing Cohesive and Disruptive Forces; Summary and Discussion; Chapter 5. Advanced Topics in Fractal Analysis; Multiscaling Fractal Patterns; Patterns Embedded in Three Dimensions; Self-Affine Fractals; Fractal Time Series; Multifractals; Lacunarity; Conclusion; Chapter 6. Final Considerations; Should I Try Fractal Analysis?; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (112 pages)
• Subjects: 514.742; Fractals; Social sciences -- Mathematical models; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Fractals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483343129
• Related ISBNs: 148334312X
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