direction
¶
Causal directions.
- class pyphi.direction.Direction(value)¶
Constant that parametrizes cause and effect methods.
Accessed using
Direction.CAUSE
andDirection.EFFECT
, etc.- CAUSE = 0¶
- EFFECT = 1¶
- BIDIRECTIONAL = 2¶
- to_json()¶
- classmethod from_json(dct)¶
- order(mechanism, purview)¶
Order the mechanism and purview in time.
If the direction is
CAUSE
, then the purview is at \(t-1\) and the mechanism is at time \(t\). If the direction isEFFECT
, then the mechanism is at time \(t\) and the purview is at \(t+1\).