Sebastian Wallot obtained his diploma in psychology from the University of Trier (Germany) and his PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Cincinnati, OH (USA). After postdoctoral positions at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt at the Main (Germany), he is currently working as Professor for research methods in psychology at Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany). His research if focused on joint action and reading from a dynamic systems perspective. Moreover, he is developing new analysis tools for time series - particularly in the area of recurrence and fractal analysis.

Series Editor Introduction
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Acronyms and Notation
Chapter 1: What is Recurrence Analysis?
The Recurrence Plot
Deriving Recurrence Measures
Advantages and Limitations of Recurrence Analysis
Chapter 2: The Basics of Recurrence Analysis-Univariate RQA
Parameter Estimation
The Delay Parameter t
The Embedding Parameter m
The Radius Parameter e
Further Parameters
Summarizing RQA Outputs
Chapter 3: The Bi-Variate Case: Cross-Recurrence Quantification Analysis
Introduction to CRQA
Standardization
Alignment
The Cross-Recurrence Plot (CRP)
Using CRQA With Continuous Data: Stock Market Fluctuations
Using CRQA With Categorical Data
Chapter 4: The Diagonal-Wise Cross-Recurrence Profile (DCRP)
Diagonal-Wise Cross Recurrence Profiles (DCRP)
Building a Baseline by Means of Shuffling
Chapter 5: Windowed Recurrence Analysis
Introduction to Univariate Windowed Recurrence Analysis
Windowed Cross-Recurrence Analysis
Using Windowed Recurrence Analysis for Continuous Monitoring
Chapter 6: Multivariate Analysis: Multidimensional Recurrence Quantification Analysis (MdRQA)
Introduction to MdRQA
Multidimensional Cross-Recurrence Quantification Analysis (MdCRQA)
An Example Using Multidimensional RQA on Political Polling Data
Chapter 7: Sample Analysis and Practicalities
Calculating General Parameters
Time Series Length
Computing Confidence Bounds Via Boot-Strapping
Parameter Exploration
Surrogate Analysis
Dealing With Multiple Recurrence-Measures
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Further Applications
Finding Software
A Final Note
References
Index