Unconventional Multifractal Formalism and Image Analysis of Natural Fractals

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English

The unconventional multifractal formalism is compared with the conventional one frequently used to characterize nonlinear phenomena and complex systems. The algorithm for the unconventional formalism has been implemented on a computer. Numerical artifacts of the method are discussed. Empirical criteria for distinguishing the monofractality/multifractality of the spectra affected by statistical fluctuations are presented. The multifractal image analysis of the Lichenberg figures has confirmed a self-similar arrangement of surface streamers belonging to the special case of electrostatic separation discharges propagating along a surface of polymeric dislectrics.

fractal

DRUCKMÜLLER, M.

1. 1. 1999

Springer Netherlands

0011-4626

Czechoslovak Journal of Physics

1999

10

Czech Republic

1445

1458

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