NIH Short Course: December 17-20, 2000
Nonlinear Time Series Analysis in Biology
Daniel Kaplan, Macalester College
Leon Glass, McGill University
Thomas Schreiber, MPIPKS
Computer Lab Exercises
 

Several lab exercises are presented here. Our intention is to cover the material for two
labs in each day of the course. However, it is unlikely that you will be able to do all of the
lab exercises each day. You may wish to focus on those topics of particular interest to you.
The software that implements the labs is written in the Matlab language and needs
to be run within the Matlab system. Although some programs are written specifically
for the labs, most of the programs are quite general and can be used in research. You are
welcome1 to use the nonlinear time series analysis software after the end of the course. The
most reliable way to acquire it is from D. Kaplan’s web site. (Since Matlab system is a
commerical product, you will have to make your own arrangements to acquire it.)
A more “industrial-strength” set of software, written in c, c++ and fortran, is available
at the tisean site. A project is underway to integrate this Matlab software with the
tisean software.2