Characterizing abrupt transitions in stochastic dynamics

Data sampled at discrete times appears as a succession of discontinuous jumps, even if the underlying trajectory is continuous. We analytically derive a criterion that allows one to check whether for a given, even noisy time series the underlying process has a continuous (diffusion) trajectory or ha...

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Main Authors: Klaus Lehnertz, Lina Zabawa, M Reza Rahimi Tabar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aaf0d7
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description Data sampled at discrete times appears as a succession of discontinuous jumps, even if the underlying trajectory is continuous. We analytically derive a criterion that allows one to check whether for a given, even noisy time series the underlying process has a continuous (diffusion) trajectory or has jump discontinuities. This enables one to detect and characterize abrupt changes (jump events) in given time series. The proposed criterion is validated numerically using synthetic continuous and discontinuous time series. We demonstrate applicability of our criterion to distinguish diffusive and jumpy behavior by a data-driven inference of higher-order conditional moments from empirical observations.
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spelling doaj.art-e8aac09c61de4040bd5d16eba0a306292023-08-08T14:55:37ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302018-01-01201111304310.1088/1367-2630/aaf0d7Characterizing abrupt transitions in stochastic dynamicsKlaus Lehnertz0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5529-8559Lina Zabawa1M Reza Rahimi Tabar2Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn , Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany; Helmholtz-Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics, University of Bonn , Nussallee 14–16, D-53115 Bonn, Germany; Interdisciplinary Center for Complex Systems, University of Bonn , Brühler Straße 7, D-53175 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Epileptology, University of Bonn , Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany; Helmholtz-Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics, University of Bonn , Nussallee 14–16, D-53115 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Physics, Sharif University of Technology , Tehran 11155-9161, Iran; Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University , D-26111 Oldenburg, GermanyData sampled at discrete times appears as a succession of discontinuous jumps, even if the underlying trajectory is continuous. We analytically derive a criterion that allows one to check whether for a given, even noisy time series the underlying process has a continuous (diffusion) trajectory or has jump discontinuities. This enables one to detect and characterize abrupt changes (jump events) in given time series. The proposed criterion is validated numerically using synthetic continuous and discontinuous time series. We demonstrate applicability of our criterion to distinguish diffusive and jumpy behavior by a data-driven inference of higher-order conditional moments from empirical observations.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aaf0d7Kramers–Moyal coefficientsjump-diffusion processestemporal resolutionPawula theoremtime series analysis
spellingShingle Klaus Lehnertz
Lina Zabawa
M Reza Rahimi Tabar
Characterizing abrupt transitions in stochastic dynamics
New Journal of Physics
Kramers–Moyal coefficients
jump-diffusion processes
temporal resolution
Pawula theorem
time series analysis
title Characterizing abrupt transitions in stochastic dynamics
title_full Characterizing abrupt transitions in stochastic dynamics
title_fullStr Characterizing abrupt transitions in stochastic dynamics
title_full_unstemmed Characterizing abrupt transitions in stochastic dynamics
title_short Characterizing abrupt transitions in stochastic dynamics
title_sort characterizing abrupt transitions in stochastic dynamics
topic Kramers–Moyal coefficients
jump-diffusion processes
temporal resolution
Pawula theorem
time series analysis
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aaf0d7
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