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Short-term prediction through ordinal patterns.

Yair Neuman¹, Yochai Cohen², Boaz Tamir³

¹Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.

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Summary

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Organisms with limited cognitive resources can make short-term predictions using ordinal patterns. This study explores how these patterns, derived from physics, aid prediction in fluctuating environments like Bitcoin prices.

Keywords:

multidisciplinary cognition natural cognition ordinal patterns short-term prediction

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Science
Physics
Computational Finance

Background:

Predicting in natural environments is difficult for organisms with limited data and cognitive capacity.
Understanding how bounded rationality influences short-term prediction strategies is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore ordinal patterns as a resource for short-term prediction in cognitively limited organisms.
To investigate the role of ordinal pattern types, transition probabilities, and irreversibility in prediction.

Main Methods:

Analysis of ordinal patterns, a concept from physics, applied to cognitive processes.
Testing the predictive capability of ordinal patterns on a large Bitcoin price dataset.
Examining constraints such as pattern types, transition probabilities, and irreversibility signatures.

Main Results:

Ordinal patterns offer a viable mechanism for short-term prediction.
Natural constraints on ordinal patterns can support predictive capabilities.
Preliminary empirical evidence supports the use of ordinal patterns for prediction in fluctuating environments.

Conclusions:

Bounded rational organisms may leverage ordinal patterns for short-term prediction.
Ordinal patterns provide a novel framework for understanding cognitive prediction under constraints.
This approach offers insights into decision-making in complex, dynamic systems.