PyPhi: A toolbox for integrated information theory.

ABSTRACT: Integrated information theory provides a mathematical framework to fully characterize the cause-effect structure of a physical system. Here, we introduce PyPhi, a Python software package that implements this framework for causal analysis and unfolds the full cause-effect structure of discrete dynamical systems of binary elements. The software allows users to easily study these structures, serves as an up-to-date reference implementation of the formalisms of integrated information theory, and has been applied in research on complexity, emergence, and certain biological questions. We first provide an overview of the main algorithm and demonstrate PyPhi's functionality in the course of analyzing an example system, and then describe details of the algorithm's design and implementation. PyPhi c

SUBMITTER: Mayner WGP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6080800 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature