Normalized Mutual Information
Definition
Based on Mutual Information, Normalized Mutual Information includes a normalization factor:
With that, the formal definition of Normalized Mutual Information is:
Usage
BayesiaLab reports the Normalized Mutual Information in the Target Analysis Report:
Main Menu > Analysis > Report > Target > Relationship with Target Node
.Note that this table shows the Normalized Mutual Information of each node, e.g., XRay, Dyspnea, etc., with regard to the Target Node, Cancer.
In Preferences, Child refers to the Normalized Mutual Information from the Parent onto the Child node, i.e., in the direction of the arc.
Conversely, Parent refers to the Normalized Mutual Information from the Child onto the Parent node, i.e., in the opposite direction of the arc.
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