Peak Detection / Peak Finding in Python

A simple Python function to find values and positions of peaks in a given time series. The function returns a list of tuples [(x1, max1), (x2, max2),..,(xn, maxn)]

Reference:

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Girish_Palshikar/publication/228853276_Simple_Algorithms_for_Peak_Detection_in_Time-Series/links/53fd70ca0cf2364ccc08c4d8.pdf