A distance-based dynamical transition analysis of time series signals and application to biological systems

Abstract

This study demonstrates an application of distance-based numerical measures to the phase space of time series signals, in order to obtain a temporal analysis of complex dynamical systems. This method is capable of detecting alterations appearing in the characters of the deterministic dynamical systems and provides a simple tool for the realtime analysis of time series data obtained from a complex dynamical system even with black box functionality. The study presents a possible application of the method in the dynamical transition analysis of real EEG records from epilepsy patients. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011.