Table 2.

A summary of optimal values of all the parameters for three fractal methods: DFA, BC, and HG for each length of the time series.

Method	Parameter	Option for each series length (N)
		16	32	64	128	256	512	1024
DFA	Minimum box size (nmin)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
	Maximum box size (nmax)	N/2	N/2	N/2	N/2	N/5	N/9	N/10
	Increment method	AP	AP	GP	GP	AP	AP	AP
	Increment factor (d)	2	4	n/a	n/a	6	6	4
	Polynomial order (k)	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
BC	Minimum box size (nmin)	4	6	4	8	4	4	4
	Maximum box size (nmax)	N/2	N/2	N/2	N/2	N/2	N/2	N/4
	Increment method	AP	AP	AP	AP	GP	GP	AP
	Increment factor (d)	2	2	6	6	n/a	n/a	2
HG	Maximum interval length (nmax)	4	4	4	8	4	4	4