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Ambiguities in recurrence-based complex network representations of time series

Reik V. Donner, Yong Zou, Jonathan F. Donges, Norbert Marwan, and Jürgen Kurths
Phys. Rev. E 81, 015101(R) – Published 15 January 2010

Abstract

Recently, different approaches have been proposed for studying basic properties of time series from a complex network perspective. In this work, the corresponding potentials and limitations of networks based on recurrences in phase space are investigated in some detail. We discuss the main requirements that permit a feasible system-theoretic interpretation of network topology in terms of dynamically invariant phase-space properties. Possible artifacts induced by disregarding these requirements are pointed out and systematically studied. Finally, a rigorous interpretation of the clustering coefficient and the betweenness centrality in terms of invariant objects is proposed.

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  • Received 9 November 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.81.015101

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Reik V. Donner1,2,3,*, Yong Zou2,†, Jonathan F. Donges2,4, Norbert Marwan2, and Jürgen Kurths2,4

  • 1Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany
  • 2Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 601203, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
  • 3Institute for Transport and Economics, Dresden University of Technology, Würzburger Str. 35, 01187 Dresden, Germany
  • 4Department of Physics, Humboldt University Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany

  • *donner@vwi.tu-dresden.de
  • yong.zou@pik-potsdam.de

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Vol. 81, Iss. 1 — January 2010

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