Computing Integrated Information (Φ) in Discrete Dynamical Systems with Multi-Valued Elements

Autor: Juan D. Gomez, William G. P. Mayner, Maggie Beheler-Amass, Giulio Tononi, Larissa Albantakis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Entropy, Vol 23, Iss 1, p 6 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1099-4300
DOI: 10.3390/e23010006
Popis: Integrated information theory (IIT) provides a mathematical framework to characterize the cause-effect structure of a physical system and its amount of integrated information (Φ). An accompanying Python software package (“PyPhi”) was recently introduced to implement this framework for the causal analysis of discrete dynamical systems of binary elements. Here, we present an update to PyPhi that extends its applicability to systems constituted of discrete, but multi-valued elements. This allows us to analyze and compare general causal properties of random networks made up of binary, ternary, quaternary, and mixed nodes. Moreover, we apply the developed tools for causal analysis to a simple non-binary regulatory network model (p53-Mdm2) and discuss commonly used binarization methods in light of their capacity to preserve the causal structure of the original system with multi-valued elements.
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