Expanding the transfer entropy to identify information subgraphs in complex systems

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012:2012:3668-71. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346762.

Abstract

We propose a formal expansion of the transfer entropy to put in evidence irreducible sets of variables which provide information for the future state of each assigned target. Multiplets characterized by an high value will be associated to informational circuits present in the system, with an informational character (synergetic or redundant) which can be associated to the sign of the contribution. We also present preliminary results on fMRI and EEG data sets.

MeSH terms

  • Electroencephalography*
  • Entropy*
  • Humans
  • Information Theory*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*