Power law versus exponential state transition dynamics: application to sleep-wake architecture.

BACKGROUND: Despite the common experience that interrupted sleep has a negative impact on waking function, the features of human sleep-wake architecture that best distinguish sleep continuity versus fragmentation remain elusive. In this regard, there is growing interest in characterizing sleep archi...

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Main Authors: Jesse Chu-Shore, M Brandon Westover, Matt T Bianchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2996311?pdf=render