Sequential and synchronous growth models related to vertex analysis and branching ratios (Q1095835)
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Sequential and synchronous growth models related to vertex analysis and branching ratios (English)
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1987
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Two models of binary tree growth are examined in terms of the Strahler order branching ratio (Rb) and the types of vertex produced during growth, and their inter-relationship. The sequential growth model is that described by \textit{J. van Pelt} and \textit{R. W. H. Verwer} [ibid. 47, 323- 336 (1985; Zbl 0569.92003] in which random growth occurs according to attributed probabilities on terminal or internal segments, one branch at a time. This model generates values of Rb\(\geq 3.\) The synchronous growth model is new and permits more than one segment to branch at a time, again randomly with attributed probabilities. This model generates values of Rb\(\geq 2\) and in particular, when only terminal branching is permitted, gives \(2\leq Rb<3\). Such a model might explain the branching in the human bronchial tree, in which 2.5\(\leq Rb\leq 2.8\). Our synchronous model is an alternative to the centrifugal-order-dependent sequential model of \textit{J. van Pelt} and \textit{R. W. H. Verwer} [ibid. 48, 197-211 (1986; Zbl 0585.92003].
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models of binary tree growth
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Strahler order branching ratio
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sequential growth model
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random growth
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synchronous growth model
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human bronchial tree
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centrifugal-order-dependent sequential model
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