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- From: hkhatuya@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Haripada Khatuya )
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- Subject: What is meant by the lack of a Characteristic scale?
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- Date: 17 Dec 92 02:31:28 GMT
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- My question concerns the application of Multi-resolution stochastic
- processes in the area of signal processing.
- Most of the papers say this kind of analysis is
- useful for signals where there is no one single characteristic
- scale.
-
- o What exactly IS meant by a time series of signals having no
- characteristic scale?
- o Does the lack of a unique characteristic scale imply the
- non-existence of statistical moments?
- o Is there any body of statistical theory existent to detect
- the presence or absence of mutliple scales?
- o Is it true that multiplicity of scales imply signals
- with power-law (as opposed to exponential) correlation decay?
-
- I know that the issues of long-range range dependence (slow decay of
- correlations), 1/f noise, self-similarity, fractal supports, non-analytic
- distributions, power laws, wavelets, multi-resolution stochastic
- processes etc., are interlinked, but I haven't been able to find any
- rigorous (especially in terms of statistical theoretic models)
- links. For eg., Multi-fractal measures are now widely used in
- Physics, but I have yet to see them in any journal of statistics.
- There have been many journal articles on the application of Chaos
- theory to statistical analysis, but all of these concentrate on
- invariants like dimension and Lyapunov exponent estimates. I have
- seen NOT ONE article on the consequences on standard statistical tests
- and estimation procedures of substituting ,say, fractal spaces for
- the standard sample spaces of classical probability analyses.
-
- Also, can anybody expound on the link of the new theory of Self
- Organised Criticality to the presence of multiple scales,if any at
- all exist? Does the SOC model imply that the lack of a
- characteristic scale causes a breakdown of the traditional concept
- of "Causality", ie., a given input causes a definite response in
- output? This is beginning to sound wrong, but I'd still love to
- hear more on this.
-
- Any leads, clues, explanations, pointers, papers, references, etc.
- highly appreciated. Sorry about the long rather rambling post.
-
- Hari.
-