pastas.stats.signatures.richards_pathlength#

richards_pathlength(series, normalize=True)[source]#

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.

Return type:

float

Notes

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