Test your surrogate data before you test for nonlinearity

D. Kugiumtzis
Phys. Rev. E 60, 2808 – Published 1 September 1999
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Abstract

The schemes for the generation of surrogate data in order to test the null hypothesis of linear stochastic process undergoing nonlinear static transform are investigated as to their consistency in representing the null hypothesis. In particular, we pinpoint some important caveats of the prominent algorithm of amplitude adjusted Fourier transform surrogates (AAFT) and compare it to the iterated AAFT, which is more consistent in representing the null hypothesis. It turns out that in many applications with real data the inferences of nonlinearity after marginal rejection of the null hypothesis were premature and have to be reinvestigated taking into account the inaccuracies in the AAFT algorithm, mainly concerning the mismatching of the linear correlations. In order to deal with such inaccuracies, we propose the use of linear together with nonlinear polynomials as discriminating statistics. The application of this setup to some well-known real data sets cautions against the use of the AAFT algorithm.

  • Received 10 February 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.60.2808

©1999 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. Kugiumtzis*

  • Max-Planck-Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany

  • *Electronic address: dimitris@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de

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Vol. 60, Iss. 3 — September 1999

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