Multiscaling comparative analysis of time series and a discussion on "earthquake conversations" in California.
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Scafetta, N; West, BJ
Published in: Physical review letters
April 2004
Time series are characterized by complex memory and/or distribution patterns. In this Letter we show that stochastic models characterized by different statistics may equally well reproduce some pattern of a time series. In particular, we discuss the difference between Lévy-walk and fractal Gaussian intermittent signals and show that the adoption of complementary scaling analysis techniques may be useful to distinguish the two cases. Finally, we apply this methodology to the earthquake occurrences in California and suggest the possibility that earthquake occurrences are described by a colored ("long-range correlated") generalized Poisson model.
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Physical review letters
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1079-7114
ISSN
0031-9007
Publication Date
April 2004
Volume
92
Issue
13
Start / End Page
138501
Related Subject Headings
- General Physics
- 51 Physical sciences
- 49 Mathematical sciences
- 40 Engineering
- 09 Engineering
- 02 Physical Sciences
- 01 Mathematical Sciences
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Scafetta, N., & West, B. J. (2004). Multiscaling comparative analysis of time series and a discussion on "earthquake conversations" in California. Physical Review Letters, 92(13), 138501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.138501
Scafetta, Nicola, and Bruce J. West. “Multiscaling comparative analysis of time series and a discussion on "earthquake conversations" in California.” Physical Review Letters 92, no. 13 (April 2004): 138501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.138501.
Scafetta N, West BJ. Multiscaling comparative analysis of time series and a discussion on "earthquake conversations" in California. Physical review letters. 2004 Apr;92(13):138501.
Scafetta, Nicola, and Bruce J. West. “Multiscaling comparative analysis of time series and a discussion on "earthquake conversations" in California.” Physical Review Letters, vol. 92, no. 13, Apr. 2004, p. 138501. Epmc, doi:10.1103/physrevlett.92.138501.
Scafetta N, West BJ. Multiscaling comparative analysis of time series and a discussion on "earthquake conversations" in California. Physical review letters. 2004 Apr;92(13):138501.
Published In
Physical review letters
DOI
EISSN
1079-7114
ISSN
0031-9007
Publication Date
April 2004
Volume
92
Issue
13
Start / End Page
138501
Related Subject Headings
- General Physics
- 51 Physical sciences
- 49 Mathematical sciences
- 40 Engineering
- 09 Engineering
- 02 Physical Sciences
- 01 Mathematical Sciences