A self-similar object is exactly, or approximately, similar to a part of itself. Many objects in the real world, such as coastlines, are statistically self-similar: parts of them show the same statistical properties at many scales. |
A self-similar object is exactly or approximately similar to a part of itself. Many objects in the real world, such as coastlines, are statistically self-similar: parts of them show the same statistical properties at many scales. |
Self-similarity is a property of fractals. |
Self-similarity is a property of fractals and has important consequences for the design of computer networks, as typical network traffic has self-similar properties. This property means that simple models using a [Poisson distribution]? are inaccurate, and networks designed without taking self-similarity into account are likely to function in unexpected ways. References: * Leland et. al. On the self-similar nature of Ethernet traffic IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking Volume 2, Issue 1 (February 1994) |
* Zipfs law |
Self-similarity is a property of fractals and has important consequences for the design of computer networks, as typical network traffic has self-similar properties. This property means that simple models using a [Poisson distribution]? are inaccurate, and networks designed without taking self-similarity into account are likely to function in unexpected ways.
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