direction

Causal directions.

class pyphi.direction.Direction

Constant that parametrizes cause and effect methods.

Accessed using Direction.PAST and Direction.FUTURE, etc.

PAST = 0
FUTURE = 1
BIDIRECTIONAL = 2
to_json()
classmethod from_json(dct)
order(mechanism, purview)

Order the mechanism and purview in time.

If the direction is PAST, then the purview is at \(t-1\) and the mechanism is at time \(t\). If the direction is FUTURE, then the mechanism is at time \(t\) and the purview is at \(t+1\).