Dynamical analogy between epileptic seizures and seismogenic electromagnetic emissions by means of nonextensive statistical mechanics

dc.contributor.author	Ευταξίας, Κωνσταντίνος	el
dc.contributor.author	Μηναδάκης, Γιώργος	el
dc.contributor.author	Ποτηράκης, Στέλιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Βαλάσης, Γιώργος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-07T20:07:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-07T20:07:56Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/15544
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.sciencedirect.com	en
dc.subject	Epileptic seizures
dc.subject	Προσεισμικές ηλεκτρομαγνητικές εκπομπές
dc.subject	Επιληπτικές κρίσεις
dc.subject	Preseismic electromagnetic emissions
dc.title	Dynamical analogy between epileptic seizures and seismogenic electromagnetic emissions by means of nonextensive statistical mechanics	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Technology
heal.classification	Electronics
heal.classification	Τεχνολογία
heal.classification	Ηλεκτρονική
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85133147
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042383
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Τεχνολογία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ηλεκτρονική
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.09.015
heal.language	en
heal.access	campus
heal.publicationDate	2013
heal.bibliographicCitation	Eftaxias, K., Minadakis, G., Potirakis, S. and Balasis, G. (2013) Dynamical analogy between epileptic seizures and seismogenic electromagnetic emissions by means of nonextensive statistical mechanics. "Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications", 392 (3), p.497-509	en
heal.abstract	The field of study of complex systems considers that the dynamics of complex systems are founded on universal principles that may be used to describe a great variety of scientific and technological approaches of different types of natural, artificial, and social systems. Several authors have suggested that earthquake dynamics and neurodynamics can be analyzed within similar mathematical frameworks. Recently, authors have shown that a dynamical analogy supported by scale-free statistics exists between seizures and earthquakes, analyzing populations of different seizures and earthquakes, respectively. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a shift in emphasis from the large to the small scale: our analyses focus on a single epileptic seizure generation and the activation of a single fault (earthquake) and not on the statistics of sequences of different seizures and earthquakes. We apply the concepts of the nonextensive statistical physics to support the suggestion that a dynamical analogy exists between the two different extreme events, seizures and earthquakes. We also investigate the existence of such an analogy by means of scale-free statistics (the Gutenberg-Richter distribution of event sizes and the distribution of the waiting time until the next event). The performed analysis confirms the existence of a dynamic analogy between earthquakes and seizures, which moreover follow the dynamics of magnetic storms and solar flares.	en
heal.journalName	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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