ennemi: Non-linear correlation detection with mutual information

We present ennemi, a Python package for correlation analysis based on mutual information (MI). MI is a measure of relationship between variables. Unlike Pearson correlation it is valid also for non-linear relationships, yet in the linear case the two are equivalent. The effect of other variables can...

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Main Authors: Petri Laarne, Martha A. Zaidan, Tuomo Nieminen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:SoftwareX
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711021000315