potence {FractalParameterEstimation}

Exponentiation

Description

Calculation of a to the power of b. This function enables to calculate the sizes for the created (smaller) matrix. Function is used by main function "estimationFunction" and shall not be called or changed by user.

Usage

potence(a, b)

Arguments

a

Basis

b

Exponent

Value

Exponentiated value (a to the power of b) is returned

Note

Shall not be called or changed by user.

Author(s)

Philipp Hermann; Jozef Kiselak; Milan Stehlik\ [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]

References

Hermann, P., Mrkvicka, T., Mattfeldt, T., Minarova, M., Helisova, K., Nicolis, O., Wartner, F., and Stehlik, M. (2015). Fractal and stochastic Geometry Inference for Breast Cancer: a Case Study with Random Fractal Models and Quermass-Interaction Process. Statistics in Medicine, 34(18), 2636-2661. doi: 10.1002/sim.6497.

Examples

res = potence(2,4)
res2 = potence(3,3)
res3 = potence(3,4)