A data mining algorithm for automated characterisation of fluctuations in multichannel timeseries

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1768-1776

  Pretty, D G ^a   Blackwell, B D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data mining; Magnetic fluctuations; Mirnov oscillations; Mode analysis; Plasma physics

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; CLUSTER TREE; DATA MINING ALGORITHM; DATA MINING TECHNIQUES; DATA SETS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMISATION; FLUCTUATION STRUCTURES; LARGE DATASETS; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATIONS; MIRNOV OSCILLATIONS; MODE ANALYSIS; MODE NUMBER; MULTI-CHANNEL; NEAREST NEIGHBOUR; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PLASMA PHYSICS; POWER-SPECTRA; SINGULAR VALUES; SINGULAR VECTORS; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME SEGMENTS; TIME-SERIES DATA; TIMESERIES;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; MINING; PLASMAS; SECURITY OF DATA;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 69349088395     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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