Measuring habitat complexity and spatial heterogeneity in ecology

LHL Loke, RA Chisholm - Ecology Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat complexity has been considered a key driver of biodiversity and other ecological
phenomena for nearly a century. However, there is still no consensus over the definition of …

[HTML][HTML] Fractal Theory in Thin Films: Literature Review and Bibliometric Evidence on Applications and Trends

FM Mwema, TC Jen, P Kaspar - Fractal and Fractional, 2022 - mdpi.com
A bibliometric analysis of publications on fractal theory and thin films is presented in this
article. Bibliographic information is extracted from the Web of Science digital database and …

[HTML][HTML] An effective method to compute the box-counting dimension based on the mathematical definition and intervals

J Wu, X **, S Mi, J Tang - Results in Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Fractal dimension is an appropriate indicator to describe the complexity of a certain
geometry, and box-counting analysis is proved to be an effective and appropriate method for …

Sensitivity analysis of fractal dimensions of crack maps on concrete and masonry walls

A Rezaie, AJP Mauron, K Beyer - Automation in Construction, 2020 - Elsevier
Assessing building damage after earthquakes requires a visual inspection of the damage,
indicated by maps of the cracking pattern on walls, which could be standardized via …

Alpha shapes: determining 3D shape complexity across morphologically diverse structures

JD Gardiner, J Behnsen, CA Brassey - BMC evolutionary biology, 2018 - Springer
Background Following recent advances in bioimaging, high-resolution 3D models of
biological structures are now generated rapidly and at low-cost. To use this data to address …

Fractal dimension modeling of seismology and earthquakes dynamics

RA El-Nabulsi, W Anukool - Acta Mechanica, 2022 - Springer
In this study, we constructed the seismic wave equation in fractal dimensions based on the
concept of product-like fractal measure introduced recently by Li and Ostoja-Starzewski in …

Fractal dimension estimation for develo** pathological brain detection system based on Minkowski-Bouligand method

YD Zhang, XQ Chen, TM Zhan, ZQ Jiao, Y Sun… - IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is of enormous significance to detect abnormal brains automatically. This paper develops
an efficient pathological brain detection system based on the artificial intelligence method …

[HTML][HTML] Complexity-based analysis of the correlation between stride interval variability and muscle reaction at different walking speeds

H Namazi - Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2021 - Elsevier
In this research, for the first time, we evaluated the correlation between the variations of leg
muscle reaction and gait at different walking speeds. Since leg muscle reaction in the form of …

Alzheimer's disease: new insight in assessing of amyloid plaques morphologies using multifractal geometry based on Naive Bayes optimized by random forest …

E Amin, YM Elgammal, MA Zahran, MM Abdelsalam - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a physical illness, which damages a person's brain; it is the most
common cause of dementia. AD can be characterized by the formation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) …

[HTML][HTML] Deriving stand structural complexity from airborne laser scanning data—what does it tell us about a forest?

D Seidel, P Annighöfer, M Ehbrecht, P Magdon… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The three-dimensional forest structure is an important driver of several ecosystem functions
and services. Recent advancements in laser scanning technologies have set the path to …