PID-LASSO - Matlab Tool for the computation of
Partial Information Decomposition based on LASSO Multivariate Model Identification



This Matlab toolbox allows to compute analytically the parameters of a VAR model exploring the combined approach of LASSO regression and State space (SS) models. Then, all the information measures composing the Partial Information Decomposition (PID) and conditional Transfer Entropy (cTE) are computed for multivariate stochastic process elaborating the results provided in [1]-[2]-[3].


[1]-Antonacci, Y.; Astolfi, L.; Nollo, G.; Faes L.; Information Transfer in Linear Multivariate Processes Assessed through Penalized Regression Techniques: Validation and Application to Physiological Networks. Entropy 2020, Sub.

[2]-Faes, L.; Marinazzo, D.; Stramaglia, S. Multiscale information decomposition: Exact computation for multivariate Gaussian processes. Entropy 2017, 19, 408.

[3]-Barnett, L.; Seth, A.K. Granger causality for state-space models. Phys. Rev. E 2015, 91, 040101.


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Zip file with all scripts and functions: PIDlasso.zip

The code is provided free of charge. It is neither exhaustively tested nor particularly well documented. The authors accept no liability for its use. Use, modification and redistribution of the code is allowed in any way users see fit. Authors ask only that authorship is acknowledged and ref. [1] is cited upon utilization of the code in integral or partial form.

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Contacts

Yuri Antonacci - Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy - yuriantonacci.89@gmail.com -
yuri.antonacci@uniroma1.it. https://github.com/YuriAntonacci

Laura Astolfi - Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giandomenico Nollo - Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento,
Italy

Luca Faes - Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy - luca.faes@unipa.it
- http://www.lucafaes.net/