% The Hurst exponent
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% The first 20 lines of code are a small test driver.
% You can delete or comment out this part when you are done validating the
% function to your satisfaction.
%
% Bill Davidson, quellen@yahoo.com
% 13 Nov 2005
function []=hurst_exponent()
disp('testing Hurst calculation');
n=100;
data=rand(1,n);
plot(data);
hurst=estimate_hurst_exponent(data);
[s,err]=sprintf('Hurst exponent = %.2f',hurst);disp(s);
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% This function does dispersional analysis on a data series, then does a
% Matlab polyfit to a log-log plot to estimate the Hurst exponent of the
% series.
%
% Thi