Transport Distances and Irrigation Models
Journal of convex analysis, Tome 16 (2009) no. 1, pp. 121-152
Some variational models have been recently introduced to the aim of modeling ramified structures, such as trees, rivers and so on. We introduce a general scheme in which the notion of "transport distance" is introduced starting from a general transport cost functional, through relaxation arguments. Then we apply this general framework to the irrigation cost, which is a particular cost functional depending on a parameter α between 0 and 1. We discuss the equivalence between this abstract approach and the above models.
@article{JCA_2009_16_1_JCA_2009_16_1_a5,
author = {F. Maddalena and S. Solimini},
title = {Transport {Distances} and {Irrigation} {Models}},
journal = {Journal of convex analysis},
pages = {121--152},
year = {2009},
volume = {16},
number = {1},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/JCA_2009_16_1_JCA_2009_16_1_a5/}
}
F. Maddalena; S. Solimini. Transport Distances and Irrigation Models. Journal of convex analysis, Tome 16 (2009) no. 1, pp. 121-152. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/JCA_2009_16_1_JCA_2009_16_1_a5/