matlab localmax,Identify and chain local maxima

CWT Coefficient Moduli and Maxima Lines

Determine the local maxima from the CWT of the cuspamax signal using the default Morse wavelet. Plot the CWT coefficient moduli and maxima lines.

load cuspamax;

Plot the cuspamax signal and notice the shape of the signal near samples 300 and 700. The signal shows a cusp near sample 700.

plot(cuspamax);

xlabel('Sample');

Plot the wavelet transform modulus maxima and note the local Holder exponent values at samples 308 and 717.

wtmm(cuspamax,'ScalingExponent','local');

Holder exponent values indicate the strength of the singularities in a signal. Signal locations where the local Holder exponent is 0 are discontinuous at that location. Locations with Holder exponents greater than or equal to 1 are differentiable. Holder exponent values less than but close to 1 indicate that the signal at the location is almost differentiable. The closer the Holder exponent value is to 0, the stronger the singularity.

The Holder exponent at sample 308 is 1.9 and at sample 717 is 0.39. The low Holder value at sample 717 confirms that the signal is not differentiable and has a fairly strong singularity at that point.