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Information Flows In Causal Networks

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  • NIHAT AY

    (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany;
    Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, USA)

  • DANIEL POLANI

    (Algorithms and Adaptive Systems Research Groups, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK)

Abstract

We use a notion of causal independence based on intervention, which is a fundamental concept of the theory of causal networks, to define a measure for the strength of a causal effect. We call this measure "information flow" and compare it with known information flow measures such as transfer entropy.

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  • Nihat Ay & Daniel Polani, 2008. "Information Flows In Causal Networks," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(01), pages 17-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:11:y:2008:i:01:n:s0219525908001465
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525908001465
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