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<journal-id>0035-001X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fis.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0035-001X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0035-001X2017000100012</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[An estimation method of fractal dimension of self-avoiding roughened interfaces]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Damian Adame]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Kryvko]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Samayoa Ochoa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Castellanos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>63</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>12</fpage>
<lpage>18</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-001X2017000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-001X2017000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-001X2017000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Two kinds of methods (graphical and statistical) commonly used for the estimation of fractal dimension of self-avoiding interfaces were investigated. It was determined that the current methods of both kinds have significant errors for this type of profiles. In the present work a novel efficient method for the estimation of fractal dimension of self-avoiding curves embedded in the space    R  2 based on the Box-count and Hall-Wood estimators is developed. Some physical implications are discussed.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Box-count]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Image processing]]></kwd>
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