Fluctuations in the stride interval time series of unconstrained walking are not random but seem to exhibit long-range correlations that decay as a power law (Hausdorff et al. (1995) [35]). Here, we examine whether asymmetries are present in the long-range correlations of different gait...

A critical issue for central banks in modern economies is the inflation stabilization about a prescribed level. The best-known simple instrumental rule to guide monetary policy to control inflation is the Taylor rule, where the instrument (e.g., a short interest rate) responds to changes in the...

Some stability effects of technical trading on financial/commodity markets are analyzed in this paper. Technical trading is characterized by using past price information within a time-delay horizon to forecast future price dynamics. By introducing fundamental and technical excess demand...