Interpreting non-random signatures in biomedical signals with Lempel-Ziv complexity |
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Authors: | Radhakrishnan Nagarajan Janusz Szczepanski |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, United States b Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland |
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Abstract: | Lempel-Ziv complexity (LZ) [J. Ziv, A. Lempel, On the complexity of finite sequences, IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 22 (1976) 75-81] and its variants have been used widely to identify non-random patterns in biomedical signals obtained across distinct physiological states. Non-random signatures of the complexity measure can occur under nonlinear deterministic as well as non-deterministic settings. Surrogate data testing have also been encouraged in the past in conjunction with complexity estimates to make a finer distinction between various classes of processes. In this brief letter, we make two important observations (1) Non-Gaussian noise at the dynamical level can elude existing surrogate algorithms namely: Phase-randomized surrogates (FT) amplitude-adjusted Fourier transform (AAFT) and iterated amplitude-adjusted Fourier transform (IAAFT). Thus any inference nonlinear determinism as an explanation for the non-randomness is incomplete (2) Decrease in complexity can be observed even across two linear processes with identical auto-correlation functions. The results are illustrated with a second-order auto-regressive process with Gaussian and non-Gaussian innovations. AR(2) processes have been used widely to model several physiological phenomena, hence their choice. The results presented encourage cautious interpretation of non-random signatures in experimental signals using complexity measures. |
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Keywords: | Lempel-Ziv complexity Surrogate testing Auto-regressive process |
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