Fractals in Engineering

Mutifractal Analysis. - Some open problems about multifractal functions. - Integral Transforms of Multifractal Measures. - Texture characterization of ERS-1 images by Regional Multifractal analysis. - Multifractal Analysis of Dipmeter Well Logs for Description of Geological Lithofacies. - IFS Theory. - Correspondence Between Fractal-Wavelet Transforms and Iterated Function Systems With Grey Level Maps. - Modeling fractal shapes using generalisations of IFS techniques. - A Wavelet-based Solution to the Inverse Problem for Fractal Interpolation Functions. - Schémas continus de subdivision. - Random Processes. - Fractal percolation with neighbour interaction. - Identification of Elliptic Gaussian Random Processes. - Modeling and Estimation of Fractional Brownian Motion using Multiresolution Stochastic Processes. - 2D Self-Similar Processes with Stationary Fractional Increments. - Network Traffic Analysis. - Four approaches to the fractional Brownian storage. - Multi-dimensional Fractional Brownian Motion and some Applications to Queueing Theory. - Fractional Brownian motion and data traffic modeling: The other end of the spectrum. - Fractals and Waves. - Fractal Electrodynamics: From Super Antennas to Superlattices. - Multiband Fractal Antennas and Arrays. - Fractal-Surface-Enhanced Optical Responses. - Fractional Fourier analysis of objects with scaling symmetry. - Potential Scattering on Fractals in One Dimension. - Image Compression. - Wavelet and Fractal Transforms for Image Compression. - How to improve pixel-based fractal image coding with adaptive partitions. - Chemical Engineering. - Transport Phenomena on Fractals and Green-Function Renormalization. - Self-Similar Spatio-Temporal Structure of Material Filaments in Chaotic Flows. - Accessibility of a Catalyst's Fractal Surface to Diffusingand Reacting Molecules. - Lévy Distribution of Collisions for Knudsen Diffusion in Fractal Pores. - New Topics. - ?-Stochastic Differential Equations and Option Pricing Model. - Modelling Contaminant Spread on the Ocean Surface and within Soils using fBm's: Two Civil Engineering Applications. - The Retinal Vasculature: Towards an Understanding of the Formation Process. - Color Plates. Language: English