Fractal physiology and the fractional calculus: a perspective

This paper presents a restricted overview of Fractal Physiology focusing on the complexity of the human body and the characterization of that complexity through fractal measures and their dynamics, with fractal dynamics being described by the fractional calculus. We review the allometric aggregation...

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Main Author: Bruce J West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2010.00012/full