Recurrence plots for the analysis of complex systems

Physics Reports

Volumn 438, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 237-329

  Marwan, Norbert ^a   Carmen Romano, M ^a   Thiel, Marco ^a   Kurths, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Nonlinear dynamics; Recurrence plot

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846338227     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2006.11.001     Document Type: Review

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