Fractal dimension of coastline of Australia
Abstract Coastlines are irregular in nature having (random) fractal geometry and are formed by various natural activities. Fractal dimension is a measure of degree of geometric irregularity present in the coastline. A novel multicore parallel processing algorithm is presented to calculate the fracta...
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| author | Akhlaq Husain Jaideep Reddy Deepika Bisht Mohammad Sajid |
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| description | Abstract Coastlines are irregular in nature having (random) fractal geometry and are formed by various natural activities. Fractal dimension is a measure of degree of geometric irregularity present in the coastline. A novel multicore parallel processing algorithm is presented to calculate the fractal dimension of coastline of Australia. The reliability of the coastline length of Australia is addressed by recovering the power law from our computational results. For simulations, the algorithm is implemented on a parallel computer for multi-core processing using the QGIS software, R-programming language and Python codes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec94e51b35a84bc8a733c56a893879022022-12-21T21:27:15ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222021-03-0111111010.1038/s41598-021-85405-0Fractal dimension of coastline of AustraliaAkhlaq Husain0Jaideep Reddy1Deepika Bisht2Mohammad Sajid3Department of Applied Sciences, BML Munjal UniversitySchool of Engineering and Technology, BML Munjal UniversitySchool of Engineering and Technology, BML Munjal UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim UniversityAbstract Coastlines are irregular in nature having (random) fractal geometry and are formed by various natural activities. Fractal dimension is a measure of degree of geometric irregularity present in the coastline. A novel multicore parallel processing algorithm is presented to calculate the fractal dimension of coastline of Australia. The reliability of the coastline length of Australia is addressed by recovering the power law from our computational results. For simulations, the algorithm is implemented on a parallel computer for multi-core processing using the QGIS software, R-programming language and Python codes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85405-0 |
| spellingShingle | Akhlaq Husain Jaideep Reddy Deepika Bisht Mohammad Sajid Fractal dimension of coastline of Australia Scientific Reports |
| title | Fractal dimension of coastline of Australia |
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| title_short | Fractal dimension of coastline of Australia |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85405-0 |
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