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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {@var{H} =} hurst (@var{x})
## Estimate the Hurst parameter of sample @var{x} via the rescaled range
## statistic.
##
## If @var{x} is a matrix, the parameter is estimated for every column.
## @end deftypefn
function H = hurst (x)
if (nargin != 1)
print_usage ();
endif
if (isscalar (x))
error ("hurst: X must not be a scalar");
elseif (isvector (x))
x = x(:); # always use column vector
endif
[xr, xc] = size (x);
s = std (x);
w = cumsum (x - mean (x));
RS = (max (w) - min (w)) ./ s;
H = log (RS) / log (xr);
endfunction
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