Permutation entropy and its main biomedical and econophysics applications: A review

Entropy

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1553-1577

  Zanin, Massimiliano ^a,b,c   Zunino, Luciano ^d,e   Rosso, Osvaldo A ^f,g   Papo, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Innaxis Foundation and Research Institute   (Spain)

^d Centro de Investigaciones Opticas CONICET la Plata CIC   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Econophysics; EEG; Epilepsy; Forbidden patterns; Permutation entropy; Shannon entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867479144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e14081553     Document Type: Review

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