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definition 12
examples 22
geometric 12
implies that the mean does not exist 76
ion channels 18, 19, 20, 21
nerve cells 14, 15
statistical 12
statistical properties (Part 1, Chapter 5) 73-105
biological implications 102, 104
blood flow in the heart 88, 89
breath volume 90, 91
checkerboard 80, 81
definition 74
diffusion limited aggregation
(DLA) 80, 81
evolution 92, 93, 94, 95
examples 100
mean does not exist 74-81, 84, 86, 96, 98, 102, 104
nerve cells 84, 85, 86, 87
rocks 82, 83
St. Petersburg Game 78, 79, 94, 95
variance does not exist 76, 82-98, 102, 104
summary 108
Freeman 199
future work 102, 214
G
gambling 78
Garfinkel 197
Gaussian 70, 84, 86, 102, 104
geometric self-similarity 12
Gershenfeld 211
Giaever 17
Gilles 19
Glass 145, 147, 219
Gleick 241
Gliwice, Poland 126
glycolysis 168-185
Goldberger 15, 97
good news 192
Gordon 93
Gottschalke 17
Guckenheimer 241
Guevara 145, 147
H
H 90
hair cell 84-87, 140, 141
Haken 186, 187
Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension 47, 52, 53
Hausman 15
Havlin 249
hearing 84-87, 140, 141
heart 22, 68, 88, 97, 100, 144-147, 196
herpes simplex 68
Hess 181, 183
heterodyne optical interferometry 140
Holden 241
Holmes 241
homeostatis 234
Hoop 91, 99
Hou 57
Hurst exponent 90, 91
Hurst rescaled range analysis 90, 91, 98, 99
I
Iannaccone 111
immune system 232
implications, biological (see biological implications)
independent variables (see variables)
initial conditions 160-163, 166-173
interferometry 140
intestine 22
intracellular voltage 16, 17, 22, 84-87, 144-147
introductions
chaos (Part 2, Chapter 1) 237-

 
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Fractals and Chaos Simplified for the Life Sciences
Fractals and Chaos Simplified for the Life Sciences
ISBN: 0195120248
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 261

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