ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1986
Page Count: 4

Fractal Surfaces as Models of Physical Matches
Thornton, JI
Professor of forensic science, Forensic Science Group Department of Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences, CA

(Received 26 October 1985; accepted 24 February 1986)

Abstract

Computer-generated fractal surfaces may be used as models of evidence physical matches. The complexity of the model surface, and by extension, the degree of uniqueness of the surface, may be expressed in terms of the time required for the calculation of the surface parameters.

Keywords:
forensic science, fractures (materials), matching, fractal

Paper ID: JFS11922J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11922J
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