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Prediction of epileptic seizures: are nonlinear methods relevant?

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Figure 1: Results based upon the database investigated by Martinerie et al.4.

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  1. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Patrick E. McSharry & Leonard A. Smith

  2. Department of Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Patrick E. McSharry & Lionel Tarassenko

  3. Centre for the Analysis of Time Series, London School of Economics, London, UK

    Leonard A. Smith

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McSharry, P., Smith, L. & Tarassenko, L. Prediction of epileptic seizures: are nonlinear methods relevant?. Nat Med 9, 241–242 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0303-241

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