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Table 3 Mutual information, efficiency and transmission power in the West African regional innovation system (2001 to 2010)

From: Information flow within the West African innovation systems

Year

H UI

H UG

H IG

T UI

T UG

T IG

H UIG

T UIG

η(%)

τ(%)

2001

955.865

1,286.049

1,012.942

2.442

614.59

0.555

1,302.003

−16.631

46.38

2.62

2002

931.816

1,305.719

1,011.11

8.00

559.293

1.064

1,312.687

−27.457

46.76

4.61

2003

955.245

1,341.708

1,035.819

4.492

527.666

2.93

1,366.786

−32.054

48.69

5.65

2004

897.325

1,281.585

988.034

1.65

537.846

2.513

1,294.369

−18.098

46.11

3.23

2005

899.961

1,321.885

1,003.876

2.292

505.689

1.336

1,339.818

−18.384

47.73

3.48

2006

887.04

1,283.405

993.949

0.856

508.355

0.714

1,307.019

−20.216

46.56

3.81

2007

828.477

1,241.652

963.006

1.422

465.821

1.442

1,266.507

−15.719

45.11

3.24

2008

820.374

1,242.741

981.809

1.917

420.384

0.259

1,293.071

−18.110

46.06

4.11

2009

745.523

1,175.459

921.863

0.872

401.677

0.829

1,207.097

−12.637

43.00

3.04

2010

830.119

1,278.736

987.123

1.738

424.206

1.029

1,315.113

−19.390

46.85

4.34

Total

859.781

1,271.635

985.837

1.778

475.607

0.966

1,300.798

−18.652

46.34

3.75

  1. Entropies and transmissions in millibits of information.