Published April 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

About the parabolic relation existing between the skewness and the kurtosis in time series of experimental data

  • 1. Consorzio RFX, Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla fusione, Corso Stati Uniti 4, Padova (Italy)

Description

In this work, we investigate the origin of the parabolic relation between skewness and kurtosis often encountered in the analysis of experimental time series. We argue that the numerical values of the coefficients of the curve may provide information about the specific physics of the system studied, whereas the analytical curve per se is a fairly general consequence of a few constraints expected to hold for most systems.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/79/04/045006

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica Scripta (Online)
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1402-4896

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41047392
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
ASYMMETRY; DIAGRAMS; DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS
Descriptors DEC
INFORMATION; MATHEMATICS; STATISTICS