pastas.stats.signatures.richards_pathlength#

pastas.stats.signatures.richards_pathlength(series: pandas.Series, normalize: bool = True) → float#

The path length of the time series, standardized by time series length after Baker et al. [2004].

Parameters:

  • series (pandas.Series) – Pandas Series with DatetimeIndex and head values.

  • normalize (bool, optional) – normalize the time series to values between zero and one.

Returns:

The path length of the time series, standardized by time series length and median.

Return type:

float

Notes

The path length of the time series, standardized by time series length and median.