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Chaos, 28(8), 085601 (2018) DOI:10.1063/1.5050929

Introduction to focus issue: Recurrence quantification analysis for understanding complex systems

N. Marwan, C. L. Webber, Jr., E. E. N. Macau, R. L. Viana

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In 1987, recurrence plots were first introduced by Eckmann, Oliffson-Kamphorst, and Ruelle as a simple graphical tool to visualize basic dynamical characteristics of time series.1 This present Focus Issue is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of recurrence plots and constitutes a unique collection of diverse papers on advanced recurrence plots, their extensions and ramifications, as well as their broad applications and utility. In the last three decades, an analytical framework based on recurrence plots has been developed, demonstrating an unanticipated but huge potential stemming from the original conceptualizations.2,3 In its brief history, thousands of recurrence publications over numerous disciplines spanning these three decades have permeated the scientific literature. In addition, regular scientific meetings continue to attract and recruit new members to the "recurrence community" indicating lively growth and expansion into new disciplines of inquiry. For example, our most recent meeting in Brazil at the Escola Politénica Universidade De S ao Paulo (August 23-25, 2017) focused on disciplines of engineering, earth science, and life and social sciences.

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