Orbital decomposition for ill-behaved event sequences: Transients and superordinate structures

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-476

  Guastello, Stephen J ^a   Peressini, Anthony F ^a   Bond Jr , Robert W ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Obsessive compulsive disorder; Orbital decomposition; Oscillator; Serial murderer; Symbolic dynamics; Time series; Transients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYMBOLISM;

CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 82055176097     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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