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Table 4 Mutual information, entropies, efficiency and transmission power in the West African national innovation system (2001 to 2010)

From: Information flow within the West African innovation systems

Country

H UI

H UG

H IG

T UI

T UG

T IG

H UIG

T UIG

η(%)

τ(%)

Benin

999.693

1,292.234

980.815

0.00

688.274

0.00

1,292.234

0.00

46.03

0.00

Burkina Faso

955.336

1,255.31

958.565

0.375

542.153

1.057

1,255.310

−5.503

44.72

1.00

Cape Verde

1,241.939

1,362.402

1,222.163

42.849

525.696

99.351

1,362.402

−216.902

48.53

24.51

Cote d'Ivoire

1,003.003

1,335.648

999.688

0.635

654.285

0.66

1,335.648

−5.731

47.58

0.87

Gambia

305.401

358.848

203.43

0.00

149.982

0.00

358.848

0.00

12.78

0.00

Ghana

1,047.245

143.309

1,085.431

7.114

529.522

5.228

1,464.74

−47.321

52.18

8.03

Guinea

920.677

1,099.2

841.019

5.678

496.54

28.368

1,099.2

−65.955

39.15

11.06

Guinea Bissau

572.369

706.835

383.464

0.00

248.998

0.00

706.835

0.00

25.18

0.00

Liberia

976.021

1,288.65

902.393

0.00

589.764

0.00

1,288.65

0.00

45.9

0.00

Mali

999.427

1,301.385

990.104

0.00

688.146

0.00

1,301.385

0.00

46.36

0.00

Niger

976.946

1,135.453

957.932

0.00

799.336

0.00

1,135.543

0.00

40.45

0.00

Nigeria

696.48

1,027.455

850.4

9.091

370.181

0.53

1,066.119

−31.148

37.98

7.58

Senegal

1,011.925

1,318.699

1,002.108

1.293

670.551

1.469

1,318.688

−11.011

46.97

1.61

Sierra Leone

1,106.157

1,386.951

1,085.815

15.927

594.332

21.284

1,386.951

−86.739

49.4

12.08

Togo

1,007.537

1,279.648

1,020.604

2.728

707.221

2.195

1,279.648

−18.175

45.58

2.49

  1. Entropies and transmissions in millibits of information.