components and the landscape is intrinsically nonlinear. In addition, it should be noted
that many metrics do not scale well (Wu and Li, 2005) and a lack of formalization
among metrics significantly limits their utility (Bogaert, 2003; Li and Wu, 2004).
8.2.3.3 Scale-Space Events, Lifetimes, and Normalization Within a single hyperblob, there are four primary types of visible structures referred to as bifurcations or SS
events (Figure 8.10). These consist of the following:
• Creations—One (or more) new blob appears.
• Annihilations—One (or more) blob disappears.
• Merges—Two (or more) blobs merge as one.
• Splits—One blob splits into two (or more).
FIGURE 8.8 Binary blob mosaic illustrating same scale layers (t) as Figure 8.5.
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that many metrics do not scale well (Wu and Li, 2005) and a lack of formalization
among metrics significantly limits their utility (Bogaert, 2003; Li and Wu, 2004).
8.2.3.3 Scale-Space Events, Lifetimes, and Normalization Within a single hyperblob, there are four primary types of visible structures referred to as bifurcations or SS
events (Figure 8.10). These consist of the following:
• Creations—One (or more) new blob appears.
• Annihilations—One (or more) blob disappears.
• Merges—Two (or more) blobs merge as one.
• Splits—One blob splits into two (or more).
FIGURE 8.8 Binary blob mosaic illustrating same scale layers (t) as Figure 8.5.
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