Fig. 6. Interpretation of the growth exponent β.
a Growth behavior for several values of the growth exponent β when fixing initial and final volumes and times. The growth exponent gives information about the shape of the curves. b Growth behavior for the same values of the growth exponent β than in a when fixing initial volumes and α. c Growth behavior when fixing β = 1 and the initial volume, showing different growth curves with different α but the same exponent. d Growth behavior when fixing β = 5 and the initial volume, showing different growth curves with different values of α.