| category | class metaphor | pattern_name | visual images (mine) |
borrowed images no rights |
simulation approach |
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| 1.1 | regular and geometric | straight line | tall tree | ||
| 1.2 | regular and geometric | smooth constant angle curve | berry arches | ||
| 1.3 | regular and geometric | circle | ice puddle a, b, c | ||
| 1.4 | regular and geometric | polygons | |||
| 1.5 | regular and geometric | edges | |||
| 1.6 | regular and geometric | sphere | |||
| 1.7 | regular and geometric | surface to volume | |||
| 1.8 | regular and geometric | symmetrical centers | |||
| 1.9 | regular and geometric | normal distribution Gaussian | |||
| 1.9 | regular and geometric | spider webs | |||
| 2.1 | system | source or sink | |||
| 2.2 | system | postitive feedback | |||
| 2.21 | systems | increasing slope exponential | |||
| 2.22 | systems | exponential decay | |||
| 2.3 | system | negative feedback | |||
| 2.31 | system | negative feedback with dampening | |||
| 2.32 | system | negative feedback with oscillation | |||
| 2.4 | systems | gradient without turbulence | 2.4a, 2.4b, 2.4c, 2.4d, 2.4e | ||
| 3.1 | fractal shape | tree branching | 31-ant-search-patterns.jpg (Sole & Goodwin 2002) | probability of sideways exploration
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| 3.2 | fractal shape | leaf patterns | 3.2a, 3.2b, 3.2c, 3.2d | ||
| 3.3 | fractal shape | 137.5 degree offset | |||
| 3.31 | fractal shape | 0.618 | 331-golden-rectangle.jpg (Thompson 1942) | ||
| 3.4 | fractal shape | fractal pattern in river basins | 3.4a, 3.4b |
34-jul17 - erosion of volcanic ash | |
| 3.4 | fractal shape | erosion of watersheds | |||
| 3.5 | fractal shape | delta morphology | |||
| 3.9 | fractal shape | shoreline length | 39-feb19 shoreline 39-may12 shoreline 39-sep06 shoreline |
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| 3.6 | fractal shape | biological fractal | sand dollar | ||
| 4.1 | fractal frequency | land slides | 41-avalanche-dist.jpg (Sole & Goodwin 2002) |
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| 4.2 | fractal frequency | earth quake distribution | |||
| 4.2 | fractal frequency | Richter law | |||
| 4.3 | fractal frequency | Zipf’s dist of city size | 43-zipfs-city-map.jpg 43-zipfs-data.jpg (Sole & Goodwin 202) |
preferential attachment | |
| 4.4 | fractal frequency | word use frequency | 4.4a | ||
| 4.9 | fractal frequency | fashion trends clothing | |||
| 5.1 | mosaic | spatial patches | 5.1a, 5.1b, 5.1c, 5.1d, 5.1e, 5.1f , 5.1g, 5.1h, 5.1i, 5.1j |
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| 5.11 | mosaic | mosaic pattern 1 large patch | 511-patch-mosaics.jpg |
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| 5.12 | mosaiic | mosaic pattern 2 small patch | |||
| 5.13 | mosaic | mosaic pattern 3 dendritic | |||
| 5.14 | mosaic | mosaic pattern 4 rectilinear | 5.14 - Seaweed production | ||
| 5.15 | mosaic | mosaic pattern 5 checkerboard | |||
| 5.16 | mosaic | mosaic pattern 6 interdigitated | |||
| 5.2 | mosaic | mosaic of trees in forest | 5.2a, 5.2b, 5.2c-folder | ||
| 5.21 | mosaic | forest fire burn size distribution | |||
| 5.3 | mosaic | percolation of water through semiporous soil | |||
| 5.32 | mosaic | distribution of tree height in canopy | |||
| 5.32 | mosaic | percolation patttern transition | |||
| 5.34 | mosaic | damage from habitat fragmentation | 534-habitat-fragmentation.jpg (Sole & Goodwin 2002) |
netlogo | |
| 5.4 | mosaic | texture | |||
| 5.42 | mosaic | lumpiness | holling1992-fig4.png | ||
| 5.9 | mosaic | mosaic pattern indices | |||
| 6.1 | pulsing | pulsing | |||
| 6.2 | pulsing | sand dune | 6.2a | ||
| 6.3 | pulsing | oscillation in predator prey | |||
| 6.4 | pulsing | Hubbert type resource bubble | |||
| 6.5 | pulsing | geisers | 6.5a, 6.5b | ||
| 6.9 | pulsing | boxcaring | |||
| 7.1 | dissipative structures | laminar to turbulent flow of water | 7.1a | ||
| 7.11 | dissipative structures | gradient with turbulence | |||
| 7.2 | dissipative structures | Bernard cells in heated water | |||
| 7.3 | dissipative structures | river meanders | 7.3c, 7.3d, 7.3e, 7.3f |
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| 7.32 | dissipative structures | rock size in streams | 7.3a, 7.3b, | ||
| 7.34 | dissipative structures | Hjulstron curves for transport of material | |||
| 8.1 | flow stress | hexagonal packing | |||
| 8.2 | flow stress | spiral phyoltaxis | see section 3.3? | ||
| 8.3 | flow stress | flow lines in trees | |||
| 8.4 | flow stress | stress cracking | 8.4a, 8.4b, 8.4c |
84-feb03 glacier 84-jul13 mud in the Carmargue |
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| 9.1 | threshold and bistable | sigmoidal dose response | |||
| 9.12 | threshold and bistable | sharp threshold - stress | 9.12a | ||
| 9.2 | threshold and bistable | levels of network connectivitiy | |||
| 9.25 | threshold and bistable | habitat fragmentaion phase transition | |||
| 9.3 | threshold and bistable | bistable states with hysteresis | |||
| 9.32 | threshold and bistable | bistable states in lakes | |||
| 9.4 | threshold and bistable | island labrynth pool | 9.4a, 9.4b, 9.4c, 9.4d, 9.4e and more |
94-oct31potash plant on Dead Sea | |
| 10.1 | swarm | flocking | |||
| 10.2 | swarm | stigmergy | |||
| 10.22 | swarm | termite mound columns | |||
| 10.9 | swarm | terracing | 10.9a, 10.9b, 10.9c and more |
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| 11 | multiple | algal patchiness streams with natural debris |
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Updated on
September 25, 2010
by John Rueter