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Unified asymptotic theory for all partial directed coherence forms.

L A Baccalá¹, C S N de Brito, D Y Takahashi

¹Telecommunications and Control Department, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. baccala@lcs.poli.usp.br

Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences

|July 17, 2013

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This study mathematically unifies partial directed coherence (PDC) and its variants, generalized PDC (gPDC) and information PDC (iPDC). Findings show these methods are statistically equivalent for inferring connectivity.

Keywords:

Granger causality inference asymptotic theory connectivity detection partial directed coherence

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Area of Science:

* Neuroscience and computational biology, focusing on network analysis and causal inference.

Background:

* Partial directed coherence (PDC) is a widely used method for inferring directed functional connectivity in multivariate time series data.
* Existing variants like generalized PDC (gPDC) and information PDC (iPDC) offer different perspectives but lack unified mathematical treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

* To provide a unified mathematical derivation for the asymptotic behavior of the three main forms of partial directed coherence.
* To compare the meaning, applicability, and statistical equivalence of PDC, gPDC, and iPDC for connectivity inference.

Main Methods:

* Unified mathematical derivation of the asymptotic behavior of PDC, gPDC, and iPDC.
* Numerical examples to illustrate theoretical findings and compare the methods.

Main Results:

* Demonstration of the essential statistical equivalence of PDC, gPDC, and iPDC in the context of connectivity inference.
* Highlighting the asymptotic behavior common to all three measures.

Conclusions:

* The three main forms of partial directed coherence are statistically equivalent for inferring network connectivity.
* This unification simplifies the choice of method for researchers, emphasizing their shared underlying statistical properties.