Publications

[1] J. O. Santana and R. F. Ferreira . Concentration of empirical entropy and transfer entropy for non-regular chains with unbounded memory. Preprint, 2026. [arXiv]

[5] R. F. Ferreira, M. E. Pacola, V. G. Schiavone and R. F. O. Pena . Consistent model selection for estimating functional interactions among stochastic neurons with variable-length memory. Neurocomputing 640 , 130333 (2025) . [Article] [arXiv]

[4] J. P. Pirola, P. DeForest, P. R. Protachevicz, L. Fontenas, R. F. Ferreira and R. F. O. Pena . Astrocytic signatures in neuronal activity: a machine learning-based identification approach. Cognitive Neurodynamics 19 , 89 (2025) . [Article] [bioRxiv]

[3] J. V. R. Izzi, R. F. Ferreira, V. A. Girardi and R. F. O. Pena . Identifying effective connectivity between stochastic neurons with variable-length Memory using a transfer entropy rate estimator. Brain Sciences 14 (5) , 442 (2024) . [Article]

[2] R. F. Ferreira . Concentration bounds for plug-in estimator of directed information. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 67 (8) , 4939–4947 (2021) . [Article]

[1] R. F. Ferreira, S. Gallo and F. Paccaut . Non-regular g-measures and variable length memory chains. Nonlinearity 33 (11) , 6026–6052 (2020) . [Article] [arXiv]

[2] R. F. Ferreira . Cadeias estocásticas de memória ilimitada com aplicação na neurociência. PhD Thesis , PIPGEs UFSCar/USP Advisor: Alexsandro Giacomo Grimbert Gallo . (2019) . (FAPESP) [Thesis]

[1] R. F. Ferreira . Uma aproximação do tipo Euler-Maruyama para o processo de Cox-Ingersoll-Ross. Master's Thesis , PIPGEs UFSCar/USP Advisor: Dorival Leão Pinto Júnior . (2015) . (CNPq) [Thesis]