ELECTRONIC PREPRINTS

Selected publications of Milan Palus & colleagues, available in downloadable electronic forms
To be updated. See also Nonlinear Dynamics Group Pages

Recent papers:

• Comparison of coherence and phase synchronization of the human sleep electroencephalogram
  Mezeiova, K., Palus M.
  Clin. Neurophysiol., in press.
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• Discerning connectivity from dynamics in climate networks
  Palus M., Hartman D., Hlinka J., Vejmelka M.
  Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 18 (2011) 751 -- 763. -- doi:10.5194/npg-18-751-2011
  Abstract -- PDF
  
  
• Northern Hemisphere patterns of phase coherence between solar/geomagnetic activity and NCEP/NCAR and ERA40 near-surface air temperature in period 7–8 years oscillatory modes
  Palus M., Novotna D.
  Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 18 (2011) 251 -- 260. -- doi:10.5194/npg-18-251-2011
  Abstract -- PDF
  
  
• Phase-coherent oscillatory modes in solar and geomagnetic activity and climate variability
  Palus M., Novotna D.
  J. Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 71 (8-9) (2009) 923 -- 930. -- doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2009.03.012
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• Bootstrapping multifractals:
  Surrogate data from random cascades on wavelet dyadic trees
  Palus M.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 134101 -- doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.134101
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• From Nonlinearity to Causality:
  Statistical testing and inference of physical mechanisms underlying complex dynamics
  Palus M.
  Contemporary Physics 48(6) (2007) 307 - 348 -- doi:10.1080/00107510801959206
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• Detecting Oscillations Hidden in Noise: Common Cycles in Atmospheric, Geomagnetic and Solar Data
  Palus M., Novotna D.
  In: Donner, R., Barbosa, S.: Nonlinear Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences
  Applications in Climatology, Geodynamics, and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
  Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences,
  Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2008, pp. 327-353. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-78938-3_15
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• Common oscillatory modes in geomagnetic activity, NAO index and surface air temperature records
  Palus M., Novotna D.
  J. Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 69 (2007) 2405 -- 2415. -- doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2007.05.009
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• Directionality of coupling from bivariate time series:
  How to avoid false causalities and missed connections
  Palus M., Vejmelka M.
  Phys. Rev. E 75 (2007) 056211 -- doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.75.056211
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• The Solar Activity Cycle is Weakly Synchronized with the Solar Inertial Motion
  Palus M., Kurths J., Schwarz U., Seehafer N., Novotna D., Charvatova I.
  Phys. Lett. A 365 (5-6) (2007) 421-428 -- doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2007.01.039
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• Causality detection based on information-theoretic approaches in time series analysis
  Hlavackova-Schindler K., Palus M., Vejmelka M., Bhattacharya J.
  Physics Reports 441 (1) (2007) 1-46 -- doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2006.12.004
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• Interactions between cardiac, respiratory and EEG-delta oscillations in rats during anaesthesia
  Musizza B., Stefanovska A., McClintock P.V.E., Palus M., Petrovcic J., Ribaric S. and Bajrovic F.F.
  J. Physiol. 580 (1) (2007) 315-326 -- doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2006.126748
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• Quasi-biennial oscillations extracted from the monthly NAO index and temperature records are phase-synchronized
  Palus M., Novotna D.
  Nonlin. Proc. Geophys. 13 (3) (2006) 287-296
  Abstract -- PDF
  
  
• Shifts of seasons at the European mid-latitudes: Natural fluctuations correlated with the North Atlantic Oscillation
  Palus M., Novotna D., Tichavsky P.
  Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 (2005) L12805 -- doi:10.1029/2005GL022838
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  
• Enhanced Monte Carlo Singular System Analysis and detection of period 7.8 years oscillatory modes
  in the monthly NAO index and temperature records
  Palus M., Novotna D.
  Nonlin. Proc. Geophys. 11 (2004) 721-729
  Abstract -- PDF
  
  
• Fractal rock slope dynamics anticipating a collapse
  Palus M., Novotna D., Zvelebil J.
  Phys. Rev. E 70(3) (2004) 036212 -- doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.70.036212
  Abstract -- Preprint PDF
  
  

Publications 1996 - 2003:

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JOURNALS:

• Detecting nonlinearity in multivariate time series
  Phys. Lett. A 213 (1996) 138-147
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Coarse-grained entropy rates for characterization of complex time series
  Physica D 93 (1996) 64-77
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Nonlinearity in normal human EEG: Cycles, temporal asymmetry, nonstationarity and randomness, not chaos
  Biological Cybernetics Vol. 75 No. 5 (1996) 389-396
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• On entropy rates of dynamical systems and Gaussian processes
  Phys. Lett. A 227 (1997) 301-308
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- HTML -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Kolmogorov entropy from time series using information-theoretic functionals
  Neural Network World Vol. 7 No. 3 (1997) 269-292
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Detecting phase synchronization in noisy systems
  Phys. Lett. A 235 (1997) 341-351
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• From nonlinearity to predictability
  Neural Network World Vol. 7 No. 4,5 (1997) 451-460
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Detecting modes with nontrivial dynamics embedded in colored noise: enhanced Monte Carlo SSA and the case of climate oscillations
  Phys. Lett. A 248 (1998) 191-202
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Detecting nonlinearity and phase synchronization with surrogate data
  IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Vol. 17 No. 6 (1998) 40-45
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Sunspot cycle: A driven nonlinear oscillator?
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 83(17) (1999) 3406-3409.
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  Subsequent discussion: Comment by J. Timmer What can be inferred from surrogate data testing?
  Palus and Novotna reply, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (12) (2000) 2648.
  
  
• Is nonlinearity relevant for detecting changes in EEG ?
  Theory Biosci. 118 (1999) 179-188.
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Synchronization and information flow in EEG of epileptic patients
  Proc. of NOLTA 2000.
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe)
  PostScript (Santa Fe, USA) -- PDF (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Synchronization as adjustment of information rates:
  Detection from bivariate time series
  Palus, M., Komarek, V., Hrncir, Z., Sterbova, K.:
  Synchronization as Adjustment of Information Rates: Detection from Bivariate Time Series.
  Phys. Rev. E 63 (2001) 046211.
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Synchronization and Information Flow in EEG of Epileptic Patients
  Palus, M., Komarek, V., Prochazka, T., Hrncir, Z., Sterbova, K.:
  Synchronization and Information Flow in EEG of Epileptic Patients
  IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine 20(5) (2001) 65-71.
  Abstract -- PDF (6MB!) (Prague, Europe) -- PDF (6MB!) (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
  
• Direction of coupling from phases of interacting oscillators: An information-theoretic approach
  Palus, M., Stefanovska, A.:
  Direction of coupling from phases of interacting oscillators: An information-theoretic approach
  Phys. Rev. E 67 (2003) 055201R.
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)



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CHAPTERS IN BOOKS AND PROCEEDINGS:

• Chaotic measures and real-world systems
  Nonlinear Analysis of Physiological Data
  H. Kantz, J. Kurths, G. Mayer-Kress, eds.
  Springer 1998, pp. 49-66 (ISBN 3-540-63481-9)
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Coarse-grained entropy rates quantify fast Ca[2+] dynamics modulated by pharmacological stimulation
  Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 3: 643-654 (1998)
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PDF (Stanford, USA) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Nonlinear Dynamics in the EEG Analysis: Disappointments and Perspectives
  Nonlinear Dynamics and Brain Functioning
  N. Pradhan, P.E.Rapp, R. Sreenivasan, eds.
  Nova Science Publishers, NY, USA, 1999, pp. 201-216.
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Detection of a nonlinear oscillator underlying experimental time series: the sunspot cycle
  Nonlinear Dynamics and Statistics
  A.I. Mees, ed.
  Birkhauser, Boston, 2001, pp. 453-473.
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  
• Nonlinearity and prediction of air pollution
  Palus, M., Pelikan, E., Eben, K., Krejcir, P., Jurus, P.:
  Nonlinearity and prediction of air pollution
  In: Artificial Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms. Proceedings of the International conference. (Ed.: Kurkova V., Steele N.C., Neruda R., Karny M.) - Wien, Springer 2001, pp. 473-476 (ISBN: 3-211-83651-9).
  Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  

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  Even older publications:

  • Testing for nonlinearity using redundancies: Quantitative and qualitative aspects
    Physica D 80 (1995) 186-205.
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  • Testing for nonlinearity in weather records
    Phys. Lett. A 193 (1994) 67-74.
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  • Information theoretic test for nonlinearity in time series
    Phys. Lett. A 175 (1993) 203-209.
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  • Spatio-temporal dynamics of human EEG
    Physica A 185 (1992) 433-438.
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  • Singular-value decomposition in attractor reconstruction:
    Pitfalls and precautions
    Physica D 55 (1992) 221-234.
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  UNPUBLISHED

  Papers which remained unpublished, but can be interesting for some readers.
  
  
  • Probing nonlinear relations in multivariate time series
    Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
    
    
  • Entropies, partitionings and heart rate variability
    Abstract -- PDF (Prague, Europe) -- PostScript (Santa Fe, USA)
  
  

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  Milan Palus
  January 1997
  Updates: February 1999 and June 2000
  February 2007: ps2pdf of all old papers
  October 2007, September 2008