Incomplete information and fractal phase space

Qiuping A. Wang

Published 2002-07-26, updated 2003-04-24Version 4

The incomplete statistics for complex systems is characterized by a so called incompleteness parameter $\omega$ which equals unity when information is completely accessible to our treatment. This paper is devoted to the discussion of the incompleteness of accessible information and of the physical signification of $\omega$ on the basis of fractal phase space. $\omega$ is shown to be proportional to the fractal dimension of the phase space and can be linked to the phase volume expansion and information growth during the scale refining process.