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. 2010 Apr 7;98(7):1364–1372. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.4282

Table 2.

Test for two-dimensional trajectories in a free environment, and equation references for other dimensions

Second moment (regular, MME) Ratio (regular, MME) Growing spheres
BM (∝ t, ∝ t) (2, 1.49), Eqs. 7 and 9 Pr(rr0tα/2, t) = A0
Fractals (∝ tα, ∝ tα) (<2, <1.49), Eqs. 7 and 9 Pr(rr0tα/2,t)tα(2df)/2
CTRW (∝ tα, ∝ tα) (>2, >1.49), Eqs. 12 and 13 Pr(rr0tα/2, t) = A0
FBM (∝ tα, ∝ tα), Eq. 10 (2, <1.49), Eq. 11 Pr(rr0tα/2, t) = A0

For each model (BM, diffusion on fractal, CTRW, and FBM), the second column lists the scaling behavior of the second regular and MME moments (〈r2〉 and rmax2); the third column shows the relative values of the regular and MME ratio (〈X4〉/〈X22); and the fourth column contains the scaling laws of the probability, at time t, to be in a sphere growing like tα/2.