Research
complex systems, visibility graph theory, phase transitions, critical phenomena and self-organized criticality, applied nonlinear dynamics and chaos
Interests
My research is focused on complex systems science, where I address both fundamental and applied questions. The tools I use include statistical physics, nonlinear dynamics, stochastic processes and networks. If you want to take a look at my publications, go here.
Publications

Publications of specific relevance to Applied Data Science
2020

Flanagan R,
Lacasa L and Nicosia V (2020).
On the spectral properties of Feigenbaum graphs. Journal of Physics a: Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 53, (2)
10.1088/1751-8121/ab587f2019

Torre IG, Luque B,
Lacasa L, Kello CT and Hernández-Fernández A (2019).
On the physical origin of linguistic laws and lognormality in speech. R Soc Open Sci vol. 6, (8)
10.1098/rsos.191023
Iacovacci J and
Lacasa L (2019).
Visibility graphs for image processing. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Ieee Transactions On Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 10.1109/TPAMI.2019.2891742
Flanagan R,
Lacasa L, Towlson EK, Lee SH and Porter MA (2019).
Effect of antipsychotics on community structure in functional brain networks. J. Complex Networks vol. 7, 932-960.
2018

Amato R,
Lacasa L, Díaz-Guilera A and Baronchelli A (2018).
The dynamics of norm change in the cultural evolution of language. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 115, (33) 8260-8265.
10.1073/pnas.1721059115
Lacasa L, Mariño IP, Miguez J, Nicosia V, Roldán É, Lisica A, Grill SW and Gómez-Gardeñes J (2018).
Multiplex Decomposition of Non-Markovian Dynamics and the Hidden Layer Reconstruction Problem. Physical Review X vol. 8, (3)
10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031038
Hasson U, Iacovacci J, Davis B, Flanagan R, Tagliazucchi E, Laufs H and
Lacasa L (2018).
A combinatorial framework to quantify peak/pit asymmetries in complex
dynamics. Nature Publishing Group Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-018-21785-0
LACASA L, luque B and miramontes O (2018).
On a Dynamical Approach to Some Prime Number Sequences. Mdpi Ag Entropy 10.3390/e20020131
Fernandez-Gracia J and
Lacasa L (2018).
Bipartisanship Breakdown, Functional Networks, and Forensic Analysis in Spanish 2015 and 2016 National Elections. Hindawi Complexity 10.1155/2018/9684749
Ballesteros FJ, Martinez VJ, Luque B,
Lacasa L, Valor E and Moya A (2018).
On the thermodynamic origin of metabolic scaling. Sci Rep vol. 8, (1) 1448-1448.
10.1038/s41598-018-19853-62017

Sannino S, Stramaglia S,
Lacasa L and Marinazzo D (2017).
Visibility graphs for fMRI data: Multiplex temporal graphs and their modulations across resting-state networks. Netw Neurosci vol. 1, (3) 208-221.
10.1162/NETN_a_00012
Torre IG, Luque B,
Lacasa L, Luque J and Hernández-Fernández A (2017).
Emergence of linguistic laws in human voice. Sci Rep vol. 7, 43862-43862.
10.1038/srep43862
Luque B and
Lacasa L (2017).
Canonical horizontal visibility graphs are uniquely determined by their degree sequence. European Physical Journal-Special Topics vol. 226, (3) 383-389.
10.1140/epjst/e2016-60164-12016
Lacasa L (2016).
Horizontal visibility graphs from integer sequences. Iop Publishing: Hybrid Open Access Journal of Physics a: Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 49, (35)
10.1088/1751-8113/49/35/35LT012015
Lacasa L and Flanagan R (2015).
Time reversibility from visibility graphs of nonstationary processes. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 92, (2)
10.1103/PhysRevE.92.0228172014
Lacasa L and Gómez-Gardeñes J (2014).
Analytical estimation of the correlation dimension of integer lattices. Chaos vol. 24, (4)
10.1063/1.4896332
Lacasa L (2014).
On the degree distribution of horizontal visibility graphs associated with Markov processes and dynamical systems: diagrammatic and variational approaches. Nonlinearity vol. 27, (9) 2063-2093.
10.1088/0951-7715/27/9/2063
Luque J, Luque B and
Lacasa L (2014).
Speech earthquakes: scaling and universality in human voice. Corr vol. abs/1408.0985,
2013

Núñez ÁM,
Lacasa L and Gómez JP (2013).
Horizontal Visibility graphs generated by type-II intermittency. Iop Publishing Journal of Physics a: Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 47, (3) 035102-035102.
10.1088/1751-8113/47/3/035102
Luque B, Torre IG and
Lacasa L (2013).
Phase transitions in number theory: from the birthday problem to Sidon sets. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 88, (5)
10.1103/PhysRevE.88.052119
Núñez ÁM, Luque B,
Lacasa L, Gómez JP and Robledo A (2013).
Horizontal visibility graphs generated by type-I intermittency. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 87, (5)
10.1103/PhysRevE.87.0528012012

Nunez A,
Lacasa L, Valero E, Patricio Gomez J and Luque B (2012).
DETECTING SERIES PERIODICITY WITH HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY GRAPHS. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos vol. 22, (7)
10.1142/S021812741250160X
Lacasa L, Nunez A, Roldan E, Parrondo JMR and Luque B (2012).
Time series irreversibility: a visibility graph approach. European Physical Journal B vol. 85, (6)
10.1140/epjb/e2012-20809-8
West J,
Lacasa L, Severini S and Teschendorff A (2012).
Approximate entropy of network parameters. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 85, (4 Pt 2)
10.1103/PhysRevE.85.046111
Luque B,
Lacasa L, Ballesteros FJ and Robledo A (2012).
Analytical properties of horizontal visibility graphs in the Feigenbaum scenario. Chaos vol. 22, (1)
10.1063/1.3676686
Lacasa L, Tagliabue J and Berdahl A (2012).
Crossover phenomenon in the performance of an Internet search engine. Corr vol. abs/1205.1505,
Lacasa L (2012).
Comment on the existence of a long range correlation in the geomagnetic disturbance storm time (Dst) index. Astrophysics and Space Science vol. 337, (1) 21-22.
10.1007/s10509-011-0926-02011

Valero E, Torrealba M,
Lacasa L and Fraysse F (2011).
Fast resolution of a single factor Heath-Jarrow-Morton model with stochastic volatility. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics vol. 236, (6) 1637-1655.
10.1016/j.cam.2011.09.0272010

Komin N,
Lacasa L and Toral R (2010).
Critical behavior of a Ginzburg-Landau model with additive quenched noise. Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/12/P12008
Mastrangeli M, Schmidt M and
Lacasa L (2010).
The Roundtable: An Abstract Model of Conversation Dynamics. Jasss-The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation vol. 13, (4)
10.18564/jasss.1631
Lacasa L and Toral R (2010).
Description of stochastic and chaotic series using visibility graphs. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 82, (3 Pt 2)
10.1103/PhysRevE.82.036120
Mastrangeli M, Schmidt M and
Lacasa L (2010).
The Roundtable: An Abstract Model of Conversation Dynamics. J. Artificial Societies and Social Simulation vol. 13,
2009

Luque B,
Lacasa L, Ballesteros F and Luque J (2009).
Horizontal visibility graphs: exact results for random time series. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 80, (4 Pt 2)
10.1103/PhysRevE.80.046103
Lacasa L, Cea M and Zanin M (2009).
Jamming transition in air transportation networks. Physica a-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications vol. 388, (18) 3948-3954.
10.1016/j.physa.2009.06.005
Luque B and
Lacasa L (2009).
The first-digit frequencies of prime numbers and Riemann zeta zeros. Proceedings of The Royal Society a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences vol. 465, (2107) 2197-2216.
10.1098/rspa.2009.0126
Lacasa L, Luque B, Luque J and Nuno JC (2009).
The visibility graph: A new method for estimating the Hurst exponent of fractional Brownian motion. Epl vol. 86, (3)
10.1209/0295-5075/86/300012008
Lacasa L, Luque B, Ballesteros F, Luque J and Nuño JC (2008).
From time series to complex networks: the visibility graph. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 105, (13) 4972-4975.
10.1073/pnas.0709247105
Lacasa L, Luque B and Miramontes O (2008).
Phase transition and computational complexity in a stochastic prime number generator. New Journal of Physics vol. 10,
10.1088/1367-2630/10/2/0230092007

Luque B,
Lacasa L and Miramontes O (2007).
Phase transition in a stochastic prime-number generator. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 76, (1 Pt 1)
10.1103/PhysRevE.76.010103
Ferrera A, Luque B,
Lacasa L and Valero E (2007).
Self-overlap as a method of analysis in Ising models. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys vol. 75, (6 Pt 1)
10.1103/PhysRevE.75.0611032006