ELECTRONIC PREPRINTS

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

Recent papers:

Cross-Scale Interactions and Information Transfer
Palus M.
Entropy 16(10), 5263-5289, 2014. -- doi:10.3390/e16105263
Multiscale atmospheric dynamics:
Cross-frequency phase--amplitude coupling in the air temperature
Palus M.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 078702, 2014. -- doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.078702
Abstract -- Preprint PDF -- Supplement PDF
Comparison of coherence and phase synchronization of the human sleep electroencephalogram
Mezeiova, K., Palus M.
Clin. Neurophysiol., 123 (9) (2012) 1821�30 -- doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2012.01.016
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�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:

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)

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)

Even older publications:
- Testing for nonlinearity using redundancies: Quantitative and qualitative aspects
  Physica D 80 (1995) 186-205.
  PDF
- Testing for nonlinearity in weather records
  Phys. Lett. A 193 (1994) 67-74.
  PDF
- Information theoretic test for nonlinearity in time series
  Phys. Lett. A 175 (1993) 203-209.
  PDF
- Spatio-temporal dynamics of human EEG
  Physica A 185 (1992) 433-438.
  PDF
- Singular-value decomposition in attractor reconstruction:
  Pitfalls and precautions
  Physica D 55 (1992) 221-234.
  PDF
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)
Milan Palus
January 1997
Updates: February 1999 and June 2000
February 2007: ps2pdf of all old papers
October 2007, September 2008

ELECTRONIC PREPRINTS

Recent papers:

Publications 1996 - 2003:

JOURNALS:

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS AND PROCEEDINGS:

Even older publications:

UNPUBLISHED