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Graph theoretical characterization of the dendritic fields
Author(s) -
Randic M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560200741
Subject(s) - homogeneous , graph , characterization (materials science) , branching (polymer chemistry) , graph theory , computer science , theoretical computer science , mathematics , combinatorics , chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry
The problem of a mathematical description of objects showing individual structural variations but belonging to an apparently homogeneous population is considered. As an illustration a characterization of neuronal dendritic fields is outlined. The scheme views a neuron as a graph and is concerned with the characterization of the branching mode of derived graphs. The basic graph invariants considered are distances between all end points, which are enumerated and combined in a sequence. Some properties of the codes are discussed and their use for a classification of objects is illustrated.