title: Superstatistical fluctuations in time series: applications to share-price dynamics and turbulence.
abstract: We report a general technique to study a given experimental time series with superstatistics. Crucial for the applicability of the superstatistics concept is the existence of a parameter beta that fluctuates on a large time scale as compared to the other time scales of the complex system under consideration. The proposed method extracts the main superstatistical parameters out of a given data set and examines the validity of the superstatistical model assumptions. We test the method thoroughly with surrogate data sets. Then the applicability of the superstatistical approach is illustrated using real experimental data. We study two examples, velocity time series measured in turbulent Taylor-Couette flows and time series of log returns of the closing prices of some stock market indices.
authors.affiliation: Queen Mary University of London, School of Mathematical Sciences, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom. e.straeten@qmul.ac.uk
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van der Straeten
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D017059:Models, Econometric; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012212:Rheology / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors