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Hauptverfasser: Hinton, Jr., Raymond J., Cobo, Pepa Ramírez, Vidakovic, Brani
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00996
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author Hinton, Jr., Raymond J.
Cobo, Pepa Ramírez
Vidakovic, Brani
author_facet Hinton, Jr., Raymond J.
Cobo, Pepa Ramírez
Vidakovic, Brani
contents The wavelet spectra is a common starting point for estimating the Hurst exponent of a self-similar signal using wavelet-based techniques. The decay of the $\log_2$ average energy of the detail wavelet coefficients as a function of the level of signal decomposition can be used to construct estimators for this parameter. In this paper, we expand on previous work which introduced the ``dual" wavelet spectra, where decomposition levels are instead treated as a function of energy values, and propose a relationship between its slope and the Hurst exponent by inverting the standard wavelet spectra, thereby creating a new estimator. The effectiveness of this estimator and its sensitivity to several settings are demonstrated through a simulation study. Finally, we show how the technique performs as a feature extraction method by applying it to the task of detecting the presence of breast cancer in mammogram images. Dual spectra wavelet features had a statistically significant effect on the log-odds of Cancer.
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spellingShingle The Dual Wavelet Spectra: An Alternative Perspective on Hurst Exponent Estimation with Application to Mammogram Classification
Hinton, Jr., Raymond J.
Cobo, Pepa Ramírez
Vidakovic, Brani
Methodology
The wavelet spectra is a common starting point for estimating the Hurst exponent of a self-similar signal using wavelet-based techniques. The decay of the $\log_2$ average energy of the detail wavelet coefficients as a function of the level of signal decomposition can be used to construct estimators for this parameter. In this paper, we expand on previous work which introduced the ``dual" wavelet spectra, where decomposition levels are instead treated as a function of energy values, and propose a relationship between its slope and the Hurst exponent by inverting the standard wavelet spectra, thereby creating a new estimator. The effectiveness of this estimator and its sensitivity to several settings are demonstrated through a simulation study. Finally, we show how the technique performs as a feature extraction method by applying it to the task of detecting the presence of breast cancer in mammogram images. Dual spectra wavelet features had a statistically significant effect on the log-odds of Cancer.
title The Dual Wavelet Spectra: An Alternative Perspective on Hurst Exponent Estimation with Application to Mammogram Classification
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00996