  (int): tau, The embedding delay for permutation formation.</span>

<span class="sd">    &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>

    <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">pandas</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">pd</span>
    <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">numpy</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">np</span>
    <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">plt</span>
    <span class="kn">from</