we introduce the formalism and terminology of multiregime dynamics
for both theoretical modeling and data analysis. Coding is proposed as the appropriate tool
for the analysis of such special type of dynamics, focusing upon switches between suitably
defined dynamical regimes. Individually taken these switches often represent abrupt alterations
in the qualitative features of the dynamic process. At times, however, they seem to be stringed
together to show emerging (near) regularities and fluctuations. This opens new vistas upon
applications to the analysis of the vector time series of socioeconomic models. In empirical
applications, coding involves transformation of data into a sequence of symbols that is then
analyzed with information-theoretic tools, so as to extract information about generating
processe
