A set of 10, chosen medicinal plants (some of them with a reputation as remedies for tuberculosis) has been investigated through Partitioned Iterated Function Systems-Semi Fractals with Angle (PIFS-SFA) coding, Lempel, Ziv, Welch with quantization and noise (LZW-QN) compression, and surface density statistics (f(α)-SDS) discrimination techniques. The final outcomes of this quantitative analysis were, firstly: the linear ordering of the plants in question accompanied by the hope that it reflects their medical significance, secondly: the mathematical representation of each of the plants, and thirdly: the impressive compression achieved, leading to remarkable computer memory saving, and still permitting successful pattern recognition i.e., proper identification of the plant from the compressed image.
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June 22 2006
On the Mathematical Reconstruction of Two Dimensional Plants
Zbigniew J. Grzywna;
Zbigniew J. Grzywna
1Section of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Ks. M. Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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Przemysław Borys;
Przemysław Borys
1Section of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Ks. M. Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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Gabriela Dudek
Gabriela Dudek
1Section of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Ks. M. Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1573-4935
Print ISSN: 0144-8463
© 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
2006
Biosci Rep (2006) 26 (2): 113–129.
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Zbigniew J. Grzywna, Przemysław Borys, Gabriela Dudek; On the Mathematical Reconstruction of Two Dimensional Plants. Biosci Rep 22 June 2006; 26 (2): 113–129. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10540-006-9011-2
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