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ArticleScientific reports2025

infomeasure: a comprehensive Python package for information theory measures and estimators.

Carlson Moses Büth, Kishor Acharya, Massimiliano Zanin

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Carlson Moses BüthInstitute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC), CSIC-UIB, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. carlson@cbueth.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2298-8438
Kishor AcharyaInstitute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC), CSIC-UIB, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-6119
Massimiliano ZaninInstitute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC), CSIC-UIB, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-0393

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Agencia Estatal de Investigación CEX2021-001164-MH2020 European Research Council 851255
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Abstract

Information theory, i.e. the mathematical analysis of information and of its processing, has become a tenet of modern science; yet, its use in real-world studies is usually hindered by its computational complexity, the lack of coherent software frameworks, and, as a consequence, low reproducibility. We here introduce infomeasure, an open-source Python package designed to provide robust tools for calculating a wide variety of information-theoretic measures, including entropies, mutual information, transfer entropy and divergences. It is designed for both discrete and continuous variables; implements state-of-the-art estimation techniques; and allows the calculation of local measure values, p-values and t-scores. By unifying these approaches under one consistent framework, infomeasure aims to mitigate common pitfalls, ensure reproducibility, and simplify the practical implementation of information-theoretic analyses. In this contribution, we explore the motivation and features of infomeasure; its validation, using known analytical solutions; and exemplify its utility in a case study involving the analysis of human brain time series.

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EntropyInformation theoryMutual informationSoftware packageTransfer entropy

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