A simple approach for the computation of multiple periodicities in biological time series

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 487-502

  Rao, Anoop V ^a,c   Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical points; Fisher's test; Periodogram; Time series

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; PERIODICITY; TIME SERIES;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CALCULATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PERIODICITY; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0038300219     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.33.5.487.13933     Document Type: Article

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