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. 2017 Feb 16;11:9. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2017.00009

Table 1.

Overview of the RQA features used in this study.

RQA measure name Equation
Recurrence rate RR =1N2i,j=1NR(i,j)
Determinism DET ==minNP()i,j=1NR(i,j)
Laminarity LAM =v=vminNvP(v)v=1NvP(v)
Ratio RATIO =N2=minNP()(l=1NP())2
Average diag. length L ==minNP()=minNP()
Trapping time TT =v=vminNvP(v)v=vminNP(v)
Entropy ENTR =-=minNp()ln p()
Longest diag. line Lmax=max({i}i=1N)
Longest vert. line Vmax=max({vi}i=1Nv)

ℓ and v are the length of diagonal and vertical lines in recurrence plots, respectively, ℓmin and vmin are the minimal diagonal and vertical length that should be considered. The total number of diagonal and vertical lines of lengths ℓ and v is expressed as histograms P(ℓ) and P(v), respectively. While p(ℓ) and p(v) describe the estimated length distributions, N=minP() is the total number of diagonal lines and, similarly, Nv the total number of vertical lines.