Applications of fractals and chaos : the shape of things

Applications of Fractals and Chaos presents new developments in this rapidlydeveloping subject area. The presentation is more than merely theoretical, it specifically presents particular applications in a wide range of applications areas. Under the oceans, we consider the ways in which sponges and corals grow; we look, too, at the stability of ships on their surfaces. Land itself is modelled and applications to art, medicineand camouflage are presented. Readers should find general interest in the range of areas considered and should also be able to discover methods of value for their own specific areas of interest from studying the structure of related activities. Front Matter....Pages I-VIII Introduction....Pages 1-4 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 1/ f Noise and Fractals in DNA-base Sequences....Pages 7-20 Fractal Geometry of Music: From Bird Songs to Bach....Pages 21-39 2D and 3D Modelling of Marine Sessile Organisms....Pages 41-61 The Prediction of Ship Capsize: Not All Fractals Are Environment Friendly....Pages 63-79 On the Synthesis and Processing of Fractal Signals and Images....Pages 81-99 Fractal-based Analysis and Synthesis of Multispectral Visual Texture for Camouflage....Pages 101-116 Positive Wavelet Representation of Fractal Signals and Images....Pages 117-135 Application of Fractal Geometry to Geological Site Characterization....Pages 137-146 Analysis, Generation and Compression of Pavement Distress Images Using Fractals....Pages 147-169 Multifractals and the Local Connected Fractal Dimension....Pages 171-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Chaotic Bursts in Complex Dynamical Systems....Pages 195-205 Chaos, Complexity and Design Applications....Pages 207-214 Computing with the Unpredictable....Pages 215-235 The Dynamic Behaviour of Road Traffic Flow....Pages 237-248 No Evidence of Chaos But Some Evidence of Multifractals in the Foreign Exchange and the Stock Markets....Pages 249-265 Spatio-temporal Evolution of Disturbances in Boundary Layer Transition....Pages 267-284 Chaotic Motion of a Rotor System with a Bearing Clearance....Pages 285-303 Back Matter....Pages 305-319