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Detrending moving average algorithm for multifractals.

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The new multifractal detrending moving average (MFDMA) algorithms generalize detrending moving average (DMA) for complex data. The backward MFDMA method shows superior accuracy in analyzing multifractal properties, confirmed with stock market data.

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Area of Science:

  • Complex Systems Analysis
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Fractal Geometry

Background:

  • Detrending Moving Average (DMA) is used for nonstationary time series and fractal surfaces.
  • DMA utilizes a parameter θ to define detrending window position.
  • Analysis of multifractals requires advanced techniques beyond standard DMA.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate Multifractal Detrending Moving Average (MFDMA) algorithms.
  • To generalize the DMA method for analyzing one- and higher-dimensional multifractals.
  • To compare the performance of different MFDMA window configurations (backward, centered, forward).

Main Methods:

  • Development of one- and two-dimensional MFDMA algorithms.
  • Testing MFDMA performance using synthetic multifractal measures with known solutions.
  • Comparison of MFDMA with multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MF-DFA).

Main Results:

  • MFDMA algorithms accurately estimate multifractal scaling exponents (τ(q)) and singularity spectra (f(α)).
  • The backward MFDMA (θ=0) demonstrated the best performance with highest accuracy and lowest error bars.
  • The centered MFDMA (θ=0.5) showed the worst performance.
  • Backward MFDMA outperformed MF-DFA.

Conclusions:

  • MFDMA algorithms are effective generalizations of DMA for multifractal analysis.
  • The backward MFDMA method is recommended for accurate multifractal scaling analysis.
  • The multifractal nature of the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index time series was confirmed using backward MFDMA.