Fractal-BasedPointProcesses
- 作者
- 出版社 Wiley-Interscience
- 出版时间 2005年8月
- ISBN 9780471383765
- 定价 1704.50
内容简介
AnintegratedapproachtofractalsandpointprocessesThispublicationprovidesacompleteandintegratedpresentationofthefieldsoffractalsandpointprocesses,fromdefinitionsandmeasurestoanalysisandestimation.Theauthorsskillfullydemonstratehowfractal-basedpointprocesses,establishedastheintersectionofthesetwofields,aretremendouslyusefulforrepresentinganddescribingawidevarietyofdiversephenomenainthephysicalandbiologicalsciences.Topicsrangefrominformation-packetarrivalsonacomputernetworktoaction-potentialoccurrencesinaneuralpreparation.Theauthorsbeginwithconcreteandkeyexamplesoffractalsandpointprocesses,followedbyanintroductiontofractalsandchaos.Pointprocessesaredefined,andacollectionofcharacterizingmeasuresarepresented.Withtheconceptsoffractalsandpointprocessesthoroughlyexplored,theauthorsmoveontointegratethetwofieldsofstudy.Mathematicalformulationsforseveralimportantfractal-basedpoint-processfamiliesareprovided,aswellasanexplanationofhowvariousoperationsmodifysuchprocesses.Theauthorsalsoexamineanalysisandestimationtechniquessuitablefortheseprocesses.Finally,computernetworktraffic,animportantapplicationusedtoillustratethevariousapproachesandmodelssetforthinearlierchapters,isdiscussed.Throughoutthepresentation,readersareexposedtoanumberofimportantapplicationsthatareexaminedwiththeaidofasetofpointprocessesdrawnfrombiologicalsignalsandcomputernetworktraffic.Problemsareprovidedattheendofeachchapterallowingreaderstoputtheirnewfoundknowledgeintopractice,andallsolutionsareprovidedinanappendix.AnaccompanyingWebsitefeatureslinkstosupplementarymaterialsandtoolstoassistwithdataanalysisandsimulation.Withitsfocusonapplicationsandnumeroussolvedproblemsets,thisisanexcellentgraduate-leveltextforcoursesinsuchdiversefieldsasstatistics,physics,engineering,computerscience,psychology,andneuroscience.
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