Tangle: A metric for quantifying complexity and erratic behavior in short time series.

ABSTRACT: Temporal complexity refers to qualities of a time series that are emergent, erratic, or not easily described by linear processes. Quantifying temporal complexity within a system is key to understanding the time based dynamics of said system. However, many current methods of complexity quantification are not widely used in psychological research because of their technical difficulty, computational intensity, or large number of required data samples. These requirements impede the study of complexity in many areas of psychological science. A method is presented, tangle, which overcomes these difficulties and allows for complexity quantification in relatively short time series, such as those typically obtained from psychological studies. Tangle is a measure of how dissimilar a given pro

SUBMITTER: Moulder RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8552416 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature