Research Article
Measuring Connectivity in Linear Multivariate Processes: Definitions, Interpretation, and Practical Analysis
Table 1
Connectivity definitions and conditions for their existence. (See text for details).
| Definition | | MV closed-loop process | MVAR process, time domain | MVAR process, Frequency domain |
| Direct causality | | Knowledge of improves prediction of (n) | | π ij |
| Causality | | | | γ ij |
| Direct coupling | | or | or |
Πij | Spurious direct coupling | and | and |
| Coupling | | or | or (k)0, | | Spurious coupling | and | and |
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