UNIVERSALITY CLASSES OF OPTIMAL CHANNEL NETWORKS

Authors
MARITAN A COLAIORI F FLAMMINI A CIEPLAK M BANAVAR JR
Citation
A. Maritan et al., UNIVERSALITY CLASSES OF OPTIMAL CHANNEL NETWORKS, Science, 272(5264), 1996, pp. 984-986
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00368075
Volume
272
Issue
5264
Year of publication
1996
Pages
984 - 986
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-8075(1996)272:5264<984:UCOOCN>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Energy minimization of both homogeneous and heterogeneous river networ ks shows that, over a range of parameter values, there are only three distinct universality classes. The exponents for all three classes of behavior are calculated.