2.5.4 Global recurrence quantification analysis

More recent extensions of recurrence quantification analysis have been considered by using the unthresholded similarity matrix as a basis for feature extraction. This is also referred to as global, as opposed to (local) recurrence quantification described in Section 2.5.3. The resulting recurrence plot can consequently be treated as an artificial image amenable to analysis by a large variety of algorithms normally applied to textural images, as discussed in more detail in Section 4.
