Time series classification based on triadic time series motifs

Abstract

It is of great significance to identify the characteristics of time series to qualify their similarity. We define six types of triadic time-series motifs and investigate the motif occurrence profiles extracted from logistic map, chaotic logistic map, chaotic Henon map, chaotic Ikeda map, hyperchaotic generalized Henon map and hyperchaotic folded-tower map. Based on the similarity of motif profiles, we further propose to estimate the similarity coefficients between different time series and classify these time series with high accuracy. We further apply the motif analysis method to the UCR Time Series Classification Archive and provide evidence of good classification ability for some data sets. Our analysis shows that the proposed triadic time series motif analysis performs better than the classic dynamic time wrapping method in classifying time series for certain data sets investigated in this work.