The Motif Tracking Algorithm

Wilson, William, Birkin, Phil and Aickelin, Uwe The Motif Tracking Algorithm. International Journal of Automation and Computing . (Submitted)

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Abstract

The search for patterns or motifs in data represents a problem area of key interest to finance and economic researchers. In this paper we introduce the Motif Tracking Algorithm, a novel immune inspired pattern identification tool that is able to identify unknown motifs of a non specified length which repeat within time series data. The power of the algorithm comes from the fact that it uses a small number of parameters with minimal assumptions regarding the data being examined or the underlying motifs. Our interest lies in applying the algorithm to financial time series data to identify unknown patterns that exist. The algorithm is tested using three separate data sets. Particular suitability to financial data is shown by applying it to oil price data. In all cases the algorithm identifies the presence of a motif population in a fast and efficient manner due to the utilisation of an intuitive symbolic representation. The resulting population of motifs is shown to have considerable potential value for other applications such as forecasting and algorithm seeding.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1026613
Additional Information: The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
Keywords: motif tracking, pattern identification
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Computer Science
Depositing User: Aickelin, Professor Uwe
Date Deposited: 11 Jan 2008 09:37
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 20:34
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/720

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