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Inhomogeneity and complexity measures for spatial patterns

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-07 v3

Abstract

In this work we examine two different measures for inhomogeneity and complexity that are derived from nonextensive considerations a' la Tsallis. Their performance is then tested on theoretically generated patterns. All measures are found to exhibit a most sensitive behaviour for Sierpinski carpets. The procedures here introduced provide us with new, powerful Tsallis' tools for analysing the inhomogeneity and complexity of spatial patterns.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0107471,
  title  = {Inhomogeneity and complexity measures for spatial patterns},
  author = {R. Piasecki and M. T. Martin and A. Plastino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0107471},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

15 pages, 7 figures; replaced with published version