Permutation test implemented in biogram uses several criterions to filter
important features. Each can be used by test_features by specifying
criterion parameter.
Arguments
Information gain
The information gain term is used here (improperly) as a synonym of mutual information.
It is defined as:
$$IG(X; Y) = \sum_{y \in Y} \sum_{x \in X} p(x, y) \log \left(\frac{p(x, y)}{p(x) p(y)} \right)$$
In biogram package information gain is calculated using following relationship:
$IG = E(S) - E(S|F)$
Details
Possible criterions are:
[object Object]
References
Cover TM, Thomas JA Elements of Information Theory, 2nd Edition
Wiley, 2006.