averageMutualInfo: Get average mutual information.

View source: R/evaluate_characteristics.R

averageMutualInfoR Documentation

Get average mutual information.

Description

Calculates average mutual information.

Usage

averageMutualInfo(FM)

Arguments

FM

(required) A square flow matrix with flows from source in rows to sink in columns.

Details

Cannibalistic flows (from i to i) are included in calculations.

Value

Returns a double.

References

  • van Altena, C., Hemerik, L., de Ruiter, P.C., 2016. Food web stability and weighted connectance: the complexity-stability debate revisited. Theor. Ecol. 9, 49–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-015-0291-7

  • Boit, A.; Gaedke, U., 2014. Benchmarking successional progress in a quantitative food web. Plos One 9(2):e90404. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090404

  • Ulanowicz, R.E., 1997. Limitations on the connectivity of ecosystem flow networks. In: Rinaldo, A.; Marani, A. (eds) Biological models. Instituto Veneto de Scienze, Lettre ed Arti, Venica, pp 125-143.


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