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@ARTICLE{Kraskov:42907,
author = {Kraskov, A. and Stögbauer, H. and Grassberger, P.},
title = {{E}stimating {M}utual {I}nformation},
journal = {Physical review / E},
volume = {69},
number = {6},
issn = {1539-3755},
address = {College Park, Md.},
publisher = {APS},
reportid = {PreJuSER-42907},
pages = {066138},
year = {2004},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {We present two classes of improved estimators for mutual
information M(X,Y), from samples of random points
distributed according to some joint probability density
mu(x,y). In contrast to conventional estimators based on
binnings, they are based on entropy estimates from k-nearest
neighbor distances. This means that they are data efficient
(with k=1 we resolve structures down to the smallest
possible scales), adaptive (the resolution is higher where
data are more numerous), and have minimal bias. Indeed, the
bias of the underlying entropy estimates is mainly due to
nonuniformity of the density at the smallest resolved scale,
giving typically systematic errors which scale as functions
of k/N for N points. Numerically, we find that both families
become exact for independent distributions, i.e. the
estimator (M) over cap (X,Y) vanishes (up to statistical
fluctuations) if mu(x,y)=mu(x)mu(y). This holds for all
tested marginal distributions and for all dimensions of x
and y. In addition, we give estimators for redundancies
between more than two random variables. We compare our
algorithms in detail with existing algorithms. Finally, we
demonstrate the usefulness of our estimators for assessing
the actual independence of components obtained from
independent component analysis (ICA), for improving ICA, and
for estimating the reliability of blind source separation.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {NIC},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)NIC-20090406},
pnm = {Betrieb und Weiterentwicklung des Höchstleistungsrechners},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK254},
shelfmark = {Physics, Fluids $\&$ Plasmas / Physics, Mathematical},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000222502800050},
pubmed = {pmid:15244698},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.69.066138},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/42907},
}