Fractalyse: Fractal Analysis of Patterns (surfaces or lines)
Authors of the application: Gilles Vuidel, Pierre Frankhauser, and Cécile Tannier (ThéMA, Besançon, France)
Using the fractal geometry, it is possible to highlight hierarchical phenomena in spatial systems, but also to identify and to locate the thresholds in such organizations. Moreover, it is possible to classify the spatial systems according to their form and to compare them either with some observed fractal structures or with structures that have been simulated by models such as cellular automata.
Some methods offer by Fractalyse are very general like the correlation analysis or the dilation analysis, but Fractalyse also offers more specific methods (e.g. the Gaussian analysis, which allows the analysis of the tortuosity of lines and edges).
Inputs of the application
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Outputs of the application
Values, tables
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Internet site : Fractalyse Website (download the software)
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This article last updated Wednesday 1 April 2009. by Sébastien Grandjean, Cécile Tannier