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Biological systems and processes are inherently complex, nonlinear and nonstationary, and that is why nonlinear time series analysis has emerged as a novel methodology over the past few decades. The aim of this chapter is to provide a review of main approaches of nonlinear analysis (fractal analysis, chaos theory, complexity measures) in physiological research, from system modeling to methodological analysis and clinical applications.
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Paraschiv-Ionescu, A., Aminian, K. (2009). Nonlinear Analysis of Physiological Time Series. In: Naït-Ali, A. (eds) Advanced Biosignal Processing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89506-0_15
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