“…For example, let y τ 1 , y τ 2 , y τ 3 = [1, 3,4]; it can be defined as order pattern π 1 ; while if y τ 1 , y τ 2 , y τ 3 = [1, 4,3], it belongs to another kind of pattern, which can be classified as π 2 . Secondly, suppose that we have three short time series, namely y τ 1 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , y τ 2 = 3, 3, 1, 5, 4 and y τ 3 = 5, 1, 4, 3, 2 ; the conducted pattern series {Ψ τ (k) = π 1 , π 5 , π 3 , π 5 , π 6 }, and the quantification pattern series is {Φ τ (k) = 1, 5, 3, 5, 6}.…”