Symmetric Normalized Mutual Information
Context
Definition
The Symmetric Normalized Mutual Information measure takes the difference of the respective entropies of X and Y into account:
Usage
For a given network, BayesiaLab can report the Symmetric Normalized Mutual Information in several contexts:
Main Menu > Analysis > Report > Relationship Analysis
:
Note that the corresponding options under
Preferences > Analysis > Visual Analysis > Arc's Mutual Information Analysis
have to be selected first:
In Preferences, Child refers to the Relative Mutual Information from the Parent onto the Child node, i.e., in the direction of the arc.
Conversely, Parent refers to the Relative Mutual Information from the Child onto the Parent node, i.e., in the opposite direction of the arc.
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