BicAn: An integrated, open-source framework for polyspectral analysis

ORAL

Abstract

We present a novel platform for higher-order spectral analysis of time series data in Python. The theory and utility of such analyses are summarized. Direct estimation of coherence (n = 2), bicoherence (n = 3), and tricoherence (n = 4) spectra are presented for test signals; higher-order (n > 4) spectra are inferred at single points in polyfrequency space. Quantification of uncertainty for nonstationary processes is considered, and applications to nonlinear plasma physics are given.

*Partial funding for this work from DE-SC-0018036 and DE-NA-0003874 is gratefully acknowledged.

Publication: We plan to submit a manuscript to Computer Physics Communications (CPC).

Presenters

  • Gregory Allen Riggs

    • West Virginia University

Authors

  • Gregory Allen Riggs

    • West Virginia University
  • Mark E Koepke

    • West Virginia University