SCALING AND UNIVERSALITY IN ANIMATE AND INANIMATE SYSTEMS

Citation
He. Stanley et al., SCALING AND UNIVERSALITY IN ANIMATE AND INANIMATE SYSTEMS, Physica. A, 231(1-3), 1996, pp. 20-48
Citations number
89
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03784371
Volume
231
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
20 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(1996)231:1-3<20:SAUIAA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We illustrate the general principle that in biophysics, econophysics a nd possibly even city growth, the conceptual framework provided by sca ling and universality may be of use in making sense of complex statist ical data. Specifically, we discuss recent work on DNA sequences, hear tbeat intervals, avalanche-like lung inflation, urban growth, and comp any growth. Although our main focus is on data, we also discuss statis tical mechanical models.