| Preface | |
| Selected topics in mathematics, physics, and finance originating in fractal geometry | p. 1 |
| A renewal process of Mittag-Leffler type | p. 35 |
| On the activity of absorbing irregular interfaces | p. 47 |
| Fractal deformation using displacement vectors and their increasing rates based on extended unit iterated shuffle transformation | p. 57 |
| Multifractal and stochastic analysis of electropolished surfaces | p. 69 |
| A method for numerical estimation of generalized Renyi dimensions of affine recurrent IFS invariant measures | p. 79 |
| Nonlinear dynamics and prediction of the Caspian sea level | p. 91 |
| Self-similarity in plants : integrating mathematical and biological perspectives | p. 103 |
| Cognitive scale-free networks as a model for intermittency in human natural language | p. 119 |
| The complexity of biological ageing | p. 131 |
| Fitting curves by fractal interpolation : an application to the quantification of cognitive brain processes | p. 143 |
| Stochastic and regular components in forcing of solar large-scale structures | p. 155 |
| Fast, efficient on-line simulation of self-similar processes | p. 165 |
| Fractal geometry in the arts : an overview across the different cultures | p. 177 |
| Fractal properties and characterization of road profiles | p. 189 |
| Fractal distributions of temperature, salinity and fluorescence in spring 2001-2002 in south San Francisco Bay | p. 199 |
| Characterization of fractal structures through a Hausdorf measures based method | p. 213 |
| Fractal scattering indicators for urban sound diffusion | p. 221 |
| Binomial multiplicative model of critical fragmentation | p. 233 |
| Study on the improved fractal interpolation surface of the attitude and surface of fault | p. 243 |
| A deterministic power domain algorithm for fractal image decompression | p. 255 |
| Comparative dynamical scaling analysis of quasi-2D electrodeposited silver patterns under localized and non-localized random quenched noise | p. 267 |
| Epidermal ridges : positional information coded in an orientational field | p. 279 |
| Multiscale principle components | p. 291 |
| Coexistence of doublon and dendrite structure with phase-field model | p. 301 |
| Fractality and fractal dimension in Mesoamerican pyramid analysis | p. 309 |
| Morphological variety in crystal growth of mercury (II) chloride on agar slides | p. 311 |
| Fractal characteristics of Bainbridge Crater Lake sediment gray-scale intensity data documenting the frequency and intensity of holocene El Nino/southern oscillation events | p. 313 |
| Fractals and plant water use efficiency | p. 315 |
| Need and feasibility of applying L-system models in agricultural crop modeling | p. 317 |
| Fractal detection and avoidance using RS statistics and honeybee navigational skills in dynamic environments | p. 319 |
| Signal and image processing with FracLab | p. 321 |
| Author index | p. 323 |
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