Planar Maximally Filtered Graphs (PMFG) are an important tool for filtering the most relevant information from correlation based networks such as stock market networks. One of the main characteristics of a PMFG is the number of its 3- and 4-cliques. Recently in a few high impact papers it was...

This paper examines whether we can improve the predictability of financial return series by exploiting the effect of cross-correlations among different financial markets. We forecast financial return series based on the support vector machines (SVM) method, which can surpass the random-walk...

The unique scaling behavior of financial time series have attracted the research interest of physicists. Variables such as stock returns, share volume, and number of trades have been found to display distributions that are consistent with a power-law tail. We present an overview of recent...

We develop a scale-invariant truncated Lévy (STL) process to describe physical systems characterized by correlated stochastic variables. The STL process exhibits Lévy stability for the probability density, and hence shows scaling properties (as observed in empirical data); it has the advantage...

We discuss the possible utility of statistical physics in elucidating some of the puzzling phenomena that seem to occur in the brains of patients affected with Alzheimer’s disease. Further, we report three specific results from this approach: (i) The size distribution of senile plaques appears...

We present numerical simulations of two-dimensional models of electric breakdown and fracture in disordered systems subject to an increasing external stress. We provide a geometrical characterization of the damage by studying the scaling behavior of connected bonds clusters. The average cluster...

We investigate multifractal properties of daily price changes in currency rates using the multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MF-DFA). We analyze managed and independent floating currency rates in eight countries, and determine the changes in multifractal spectrum when transitioning...

The cascading failure can bring a huge loss for most real-world networks; but, we cannot uncover fully the mechanism and law of the cascading events occurrence. Most networks in which the cascading failure occurred are based on the various ‘flows’, such as power, oils, and information;...

We calculate the Shannon entropy of a time series by using the probability density functions of the characteristic sizes of the long-range correlated clusters introduced in [A. Carbone, G. Castelli, H.E. Stanley, Phys. Rev. E 69 (2004) 026105]. We define three different measures of the entropy...

We step toward the elucidation of the relation between the structural and dynamic anomalies in supercooled water. We present the results of molecular dynamics simulations of the extended simple point charge (SPC/E) model of water for the translational and rotational diffusion and for the number...