1/f noise: a pedagogical review
Abstract
This is a pedagogical review of the ubiquitous 1/fα noises. The sections include the representation of 1/fα noise as a superposition of many relaxation processes; a discussion of the infinitely large fluctuations in the low frequency limit; 1/fα noise from diffusion processes; the measured statistical properties of 1/fα noises; 1/fα noises in self organized criticality; scaling laws in earthquake physics; 1/f noise in deterministic dynamical systems; an example of noise in a biophysical system; the numerical simulation of 1/fα noise; 1/f noise literature (including online resources).
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