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FRACTAL AND RESISTANCE DIMENSIONS OF RANDOM TREES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2007

Mokhtar H. Konsowa  and
Reem A. Al-Jarallah
Mokhtar H. Konsowa
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and Operations Research Faculty of Science, University of Kuwait, Safat 13060Kuwait E-mail: konsowa@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw; reema@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw
Reem A. Al-Jarallah
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and Operations Research Faculty of Science, University of Kuwait, Safat 13060Kuwait E-mail: konsowa@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw; reema@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw
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Abstract

In this article we determine a formula for fractal and resistance dimensions of two models of uniformly bounded random trees. The type (transient or recurrent) of the random walk on such trees is ascribed, to some extent, to these dimensions. The results presented in this article generalize some of the results of [6] and [7].

Type
Research Article
Information
Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 623 - 634
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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