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fix: input validation, constant-series policy and API cleanup - #184
Follow-up to a review of pyentrp/entropy.py. Some public functions accepted invalid input and returned wrong values without any error. Constant series gave a different answer in each function, one documented option didn't work at all, and there were several smaller API problems.
Commits 1-4 fix behaviour. Commits 5-10 restructure the code and make the API consistent without changing any result (checked against saved outputs of every public function; only dispersion entropy moves, by at most 3 ulp). Commit 11 adds multiscale, composite and refined composite versions of every measure; commit 12 fixes review findings on it, commit 13 speeds up dispersion entropy, commit 15 speeds up sample entropy, commits 16-17 add type hints, and commits 18-21 tidy CI, packaging and the README.
Commit 1: input checks
dispersion_entropy:mapping="NCDF" raised ValueError even though the docs say mapping names are case-insensitive. Mapping names are now lower-cased.
Input checks for every public function.sample_entropy, multiscale_entropy, composite_multiscale_entropy, permutation_entropy, weighted_permutation_entropy, multiscale_permutation_entropy, time_delay_embedding and util_granulate_time_series now use the existing _validate_series / _check_integer helpers. Two new helpers are added: _check_tolerance and _check_embedding_length.
permutation_entropy(order=1, normalize=True): returns 0.0 instead of raising ZeroDivisionError.
Single observed pattern: permutation and weighted permutation entropy return +0.0, not -0.0.
Commit 2: constant series and multiscale scales that are too short
Constant series return 0. When the default tolerance 0.1·std is 0 because the series is constant, sample_entropy, multiscale_entropy, composite_multiscale_entropy and rcmse now use a positive tolerance instead. Every positive tolerance gives the same result on a constant series, so the default path now matches any explicit tolerance, which is the limit as r → 0⁺.
This matches fuzzy_entropy, the permutation functions and dispersion_entropy, which already return 0.
It also matches what NeuroKit2 and EntropyHub return.
Before, the result was [inf, nan] or NaN. After commit 1, MSE and CMSE raised tolerance must be greater than 0 even when the caller never passed a tolerance; this commit fixes that.
multiscale_permutation_entropy: scales whose coarse-grained series is too short now return NaN with one RuntimeWarning, the same as rcmse and multiscale_entropy. The other scales are still computed.
No more -0.0:sample_entropy and rcmse now return +0.0 instead of -0.0.
Commit 3: API cleanup
Order limit:permutation_entropy, weighted_permutation_entropy and multiscale_permutation_entropy now reject orders above 20. Above 20, the pattern ids overflow int64 (21! > 2⁶³) and distinct patterns could merge.
util_pattern_space:
It now accepts series with exactly lag * (dim - 1) + 1 samples. The old check required lag * dim.
It now checks that lag and dim are integers of at least 1.
It is now a wrapper around time_delay_embedding, returning a writable float copy. The output is identical to before for every input the old version accepted.
shannon_entropy: returns a built-in float, returns +0.0 when only one symbol occurs, and raises ValueError on empty input.
fuzzy_entropy: returns +0.0 instead of -0.0.
multiscale_entropy:maxscale defaults to 20, the range used by Costa et al. (2002), instead of len(time_series). None still means 20.
Tolerance defaults: the different defaults (0.1·std for sample and multiscale entropy, 0.2·std for fuzzy entropy) are now explained in both docstrings, with how to get r = 0.2·SD. The values themselves are unchanged.
Commit 4: exact comparison of large integers
permutation_entropy, weighted_permutation_entropy and multiscale_permutation_entropy (scale 1) compare integer input as integers again. Converting to float64 merged values above 2⁵³: permutation_entropy([2**53, 2**53 + 1, 2**53, 2**53 + 1], order=2) gave 0.0 instead of 0.918. Weighted permutation entropy still computes its weights in float, as before.
Commit 5: shared helpers (refactor)
One helper each for entropy-of-counts (_entropy_bits, which also handles the -0.0 guard), pattern counting (_count_ids) and the tolerance default (_resolve_tolerance), replacing 3-4 copies each.
Fuzzy and dispersion entropy detect a constant series by its range instead of its std. The std of a constant float series such as np.full(61, 0.1) is 4e-17, not 0.
Dispersion validates the mapping in one place.
Commit 6: validation separated from computation (refactor)
Public functions validate their input once and call private kernels. MSE, CMSE, RCMSE and MPE call the kernels directly instead of calling public functions in a loop; CMSE at scale 20 used to validate its input 210 times.
util_granulate_time_series now validates its input (1D, finite) like the other public functions.
Commit 7: package layout (refactor)
The 1340-line entropy.py is split into private modules: _validation, _core (embedding, coarse-graining, counting, Shannon entropy), _sample, _ordinal, _fuzzy and _dispersion.
pyentrp.entropy re-exports everything, so from pyentrp import entropy as ent keeps working. pyentrp itself now exports the public API with __all__.
Docstrings: one section order everywhere, citations instead of dead links, no changelog notes. Contributor credit moved to the README.
Docstring examples now run in CI as part of the unittest suite.
Commit 8: consistent parameter names (feat)
One name per concept: m (embedding dimension of sample, multiscale and fuzzy entropy), order (pattern length), scale (largest scale), exponent (fuzzy membership power).
Biggest fix: sample_length=2 meant m=1 in sample_entropy and m=2 in fuzzy_entropy. The sample-entropy family now takes a keyword-only m. The old sample_length keeps its meaning by position and by keyword, so no existing call changes its result.
Old names keep working with a DeprecationWarning until 4.0. The warning points at the caller's line. Passing an old and a new name together raises TypeError.
composite_multiscale_entropy and rcmse default to scale=20, like multiscale_entropy. This was needed because sample_length became optional.
The modules are private (_core, _sample, ...), so their contents drop the leading underscore, following the SciPy convention: _validation.check_integer, not _validation._check_integer.
pyentrp/__init__.py imports the public API from the modules. pyentrp/entropy.py shrinks to a two-line re-export of it and no longer exposes private helpers. Tests import the internals they check from their own module.
Commit 10: one prepare/stats/value path per measure (refactor)
Each measure is described by a small frozen Measure record (pyentrp/_multiscale.py):
prepare validates the input and resolves data-dependent settings on the given series;
stats computes statistics of one series that can be pooled (match counts, similarities, pattern ids);
value turns those statistics into the entropy.
Each public function calls its record. PE and WPE share everything except stats.
A constant series now maps to the middle dispersion class instead of None. Its entropy is still 0.0.
Commit 11: multiscale, composite and refined composite for every measure (feat)
Parameters are checked once. Settings that depend on the data are computed once, from the original series, and kept across scales: the default tolerance, and the dispersion mapping (mean/std for ncdf, min/range for linear). This follows Azami's reference MATLAB code (RCMDE/MDE pass mu = mean(x) and sigma = std(x) of the original series). As a result, multiscale(x, dispersion_entropy, ...)[k] differs from dispersion_entropy(coarse_k).
A scale whose coarse-grained series is too short gives NaN, with one RuntimeWarning that points at the caller. Refined skips shifts that are too short.
multiscale_entropy, composite_multiscale_entropy, rcmse and multiscale_permutation_entropy stay public and are now one-line calls into these functions.
Commit 12: linear dispersion classes across scales (fix)
With the original series' minimum, a block mean of repeated minimum values can round below it (the mean of three 0.7 is below 0.7), which gave class 0 and an error. Labels are now clamped to [1, classes]. A regression test covers this.
The README and the util_pattern_space warning now say to convert to float before time_delay_embedding. The README also notes that refined still gives a value while one shift is long enough.
Commit 13: faster dispersion entropy (perf)
Pattern spaces above 10⁶ (e.g. 10 classes, order 6) were counted as rows with np.unique(axis=0), a byte-wise sort. Patterns are now int64 ids up to 2⁶³ patterns: 76 ms → 2.6 ms at n = 100,000. Rows are only used beyond int64. A test checks against brute force at 2⁶³ and 2⁶⁴ patterns.
The ncdf mapping compares against each class boundary instead of a binary search per value. This is 2-5× faster for up to 16 classes; dispersion_entropy(6 classes, order 3) at n = 100,000 goes from 1.3 ms to 0.6 ms.
Results are identical.
Commit 14: RCMFE citation (docs)
Refined fuzzy entropy now cites Azami & Escudero 2017 (Physica A). That is the mean-based method we compute. The previous reference described the standard-deviation variant; a comparison with EntropyHub showed the mismatch.
Commit 15: faster sample entropy on long series (perf)
Windows can only match if their first values are within the tolerance. After sorting by the first value those windows are neighbours, so only a band of pairs is compared, using the same exact test |a - b| < r. Counts are identical to comparing all pairs. Tests compare both strategies against each other and against brute force, covering ties, large offsets, constant series and tolerances that fall exactly on a distance. 300 further random series of 512–6,000 points also matched.
The band is used when it is small and the series has at least 512 windows; otherwise all pairs are compared, as before.
m = 2: about 4× faster at the default r = 0.1 std (2.9 s → 0.7 s at n = 100k), and 2–3× at r = 0.2 std (43 ms → 16 ms at n = 10k). MSE, CMSE and RCMSE get 1.5–2× faster.
Commits 16-17: type hints and py.typed (feat, build)
Every public function has full annotations: ArrayLike input, int/float/bool parameters, and float or NDArray[np.float64] results.
The package ships the PEP 561 py.typed marker, and the wheel includes it.
The renamed() decorator keeps the new signature visible to type checkers, so they report deprecated keywords (maxscale=, n=, ...) while those still work at runtime.
CI type-checks the package with pyrefly 1.4.0 (pinned, default preset). It also flags wrong argument types and an array assigned to a float in calling code.
Fixed three typing gaps the checker found: an Optional that was never narrowed, pool=None in the record built for user functions, and __name__ on a generic callable.
A test keeps the public API fully annotated and the marker in place.
Commits 18-21: CI, packaging, README
dispersion_entropy(mapping=...) is typed Literal["ncdf", "linear"]. Runtime still accepts any letter case.
pre-commit runs pyrefly. The release workflow now runs ruff, pyrefly and the tests, builds, and checks that the wheel contains py.typed before publishing.
setup.py and setup.cfg are removed. The poetry-core build never used them, so their keywords, URLs and most classifiers never reached PyPI. That metadata now lives in pyproject.toml. poetry check passes without warnings and editable installs work. commitizen bumps CITATION.cff instead of setup.py.
README: the measures table has a Multiscale column, the utilities are listed, and RCMFE is referenced.
The first commit has a BREAKING CHANGE: footer, so cz bump will make this 3.0.0. Calls that used to return a value now raise an error:
Call
Before
After
permutation_entropy(x, delay=0)
-0.0
ValueError
permutation_entropy with NaN in the data
0.72
ValueError
permutation_entropy([1, 2], order=3)
-0.0
ValueError
permutation_entropy(x, order=21)
ids overflow
ValueError
sample_entropy(x, 2, tolerance=-1)
[inf, nan]
ValueError
sample_entropy with NaN in the data
[inf, nan]
ValueError
shannon_entropy([])
-0.0
ValueError
time_delay_embedding(x, 3, 0)
shape (n, 1)
ValueError
util_granulate_time_series(x, 0)
ZeroDivisionError
ValueError
util_granulate_time_series with NaN or 2D input
NaN / reshape error
ValueError
non-integer order / delay / sample_length / scale / maxscale
various
TypeError
Calls that now return different values:
Call
Before
After
sample_entropy(c, 3) on a constant series
[inf, nan, nan]
[0.020, 0.0, 0.0] (same as any explicit r > 0)
rcmse(c, 3, 2) on a constant series
[nan, nan]
[0.0, 0.0]
multiscale_entropy / composite_multiscale_entropy on a constant series
NaN / inf
0.0 at every scale
multiscale_entropy(x, m) without maxscale
len(x) scales
20 scales
multiscale_permutation_entropy with scales that are too short
ValueError (after commit 1)
NaN for those scales, with a warning
util_pattern_space([1, 2, 3], 2, 2)
ValueError
[[1., 3.]]
shannon_entropy(...)
np.float64
float
permutation_entropy on integers above 2⁵³
merged values (e.g. 0.0)
exact (0.918)
dispersion_entropy(...)
same value, up to 3 ulp different (np.dot instead of np.sum)
rcmse at a scale where the pooled m + 1 count is 0 but the m count is not
nan
inf, like sample_entropy and MSE (no match at all still gives NaN)
too-short-scale RuntimeWarning of MPE / MSE / CMSE / RCMSE
per-function or NumPy wording
one shared message
Test plan
python -m unittest discover: 129 tests pass, including the docstring examples. Coverage of pyentrp is 99%.
python -W error::DeprecationWarning -m unittest discover passes, so neither the library nor the tests use a deprecated name. tests/test_deprecations.py checks every old name against the new one.
Every public function, on fixed inputs (347 cases), gives identical output before and after commits 5-8, except dispersion entropy (at most 3 ulp).
Commits 9-15 checked against 390 saved cases, including scales past the end of 20- and 40-point series. Commits 9 and 10 give identical output. Commit 11 changes only the rcmse NaN → inf cases above; MSE/CMSE/RCMSE on series of length 0 to m + 2 match the old code.
tests/test_multiscale.py checks:
the shared functions against brute-force references (shift averaging, RCMPE/RCMDE probability averaging, RCMFE);
scale 1 against the single-scale measure, for every measure and method;
the legacy functions against the shared ones.
A/B benchmark against commit 8, with the same flags: identical within about 1 µs.
ruff check, ruff format --check, pyrefly check; CI passes on Python 3.10-3.15.
The benchmark suite (python -m benchmarks.bench --sizes 1000 5000) runs at the same speed as before; MPE is slightly faster.
The README examples print the documented values with the new API.
Compared constant-series results with antropy 0.2.3, NeuroKit2 0.2.13 and EntropyHub 2.0.
Checked that util_pattern_space gives identical output to the old version across 156 parameter combinations.
- dispersion_entropy: accept mapping names in any letter case, as documented
- sample/multiscale/composite multiscale entropy, permutation, weighted and
multiscale permutation entropy, time_delay_embedding and
util_granulate_time_series now reject non-finite or non-1D series,
non-integer or out-of-range parameters, non-positive explicit tolerances
and series too short for one window, instead of returning wrong values
- permutation_entropy: order=1 with normalize=True returns 0.0 instead of
raising ZeroDivisionError
- permutation and weighted permutation entropy return +0.0, not -0.0, for a
single observed pattern
BREAKING CHANGE: calls with invalid input that used to return a value
(e.g. NaN data, delay=0, negative tolerance) now raise ValueError or TypeError.
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The package adds entropy implementations, shared utilities, and three multiscale methods. It exposes public functions through the top-level namespace and retains compatibility exports. Tests, documentation, benchmarks, and workflows are updated for these APIs.
Changes: Entropy API and multiscale implementation
Shared utilities validate inputs, build embeddings, count and pool patterns, and calculate Shannon entropy. pyentrp exposes public functions, while pyentrp.entropy re-exports the package-level names.
A shared measure interface supports multiscale, composite multiscale, and refined-composite calculations. The methods granulate series and define warning and NaN behavior for short coarse-grained inputs.
Sample and fuzzy entropy pyentrp/_sample.py, pyentrp/_fuzzy.py, tests/test_sample_entropy.py, tests/test_fuzzy_entropy.py, tests/test_multiscale_entropy.py
Sample entropy adds dense and banded template matching and multiscale wrappers. Fuzzy entropy adds a registered measure. Tests cover input checks, matching strategies, and constant-series behavior.
Dispersion and permutation entropy pyentrp/_dispersion.py, pyentrp/_ordinal.py, tests/test_dispersion_entropy.py, tests/test_permutation_entropy.py, tests/test_multiscale.py
The modules add dispersion, permutation, weighted permutation, and multiscale permutation entropy. Tests cover mappings, pattern behavior, large integers, and multiscale calculations.
Examples and benchmarks use the package-level API and updated parameter names. The README documents APIs and migration. Workflows run type checks and verify the built wheel contains py.typed.
sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant MultiscaleMethod
participant Measure
MultiscaleMethod->>Measure: prepare series and measure parameters
MultiscaleMethod->>MultiscaleMethod: create coarse-grained or shifted series
MultiscaleMethod->>Measure: calculate statistics and entropy value
MultiscaleMethod->>Caller: return values by scale
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- Line 594: Update _validate_series so it validates shape and finiteness without
converting integer inputs to float, preserving their precision for
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Preserve integer precision when validating permutation entropy.
_validate_series converts the input to float before _motif_lehmer_ids compares values. For [2**53, 2**53 + 1, 2**53, 2**53 + 1] with order=2, that conversion merges the two values. permutation_entropy then returns 0.0 instead of the entropy of the two observed patterns. Validate shape and finiteness without converting integer input before motif comparison, and add a large-integer regression test. The previous implementation preserved the input dtype. (github.com)
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Update _validate_series so it validates shape and finiteness without converting
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- sample_entropy, multiscale_entropy, composite_multiscale_entropy and rcmse:
when the default tolerance (0.1 * std) is 0 because the series is constant,
use a positive tolerance instead. Every positive tolerance gives the same
result on a constant series, so the default now agrees with any explicit
tolerance (the limit as r -> 0+) instead of returning NaN/inf or raising.
This also fixes MSE and CMSE raising "tolerance must be greater than 0" on
constant input without a user-supplied tolerance.
- multiscale_permutation_entropy: scales whose coarse-grained series is too
short return NaN with a RuntimeWarning instead of raising, matching rcmse
and multiscale_entropy.
- sample_entropy and rcmse return +0.0 rather than -0.0 for a zero entropy.
…to 20
- permutation_entropy, weighted_permutation_entropy and
multiscale_permutation_entropy reject orders above 20, where pattern ids
overflow int64 and distinct patterns could merge
- util_pattern_space accepts series with exactly lag * (dim - 1) + 1
samples (the old check required lag * dim), validates lag and dim, and
wraps time_delay_embedding
- shannon_entropy returns a float, +0.0 for a single symbol, and raises
ValueError on empty input; fuzzy_entropy returns +0.0 instead of -0.0
- multiscale_entropy defaults to maxscale=20 (Costa et al. 2002) instead
of len(time_series); None still means 20
- document the different default tolerances of sample-type and fuzzy entropy
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fix: validate inputs in all public entropy functions
fix: input validation, constant-series policy and API cleanup
Oct 29, 2026
_validate_series converted all input to float64 before the ordinal patterns
were built, so integers above 2**53 could round to equal values. For
[2**53, 2**53 + 1, 2**53, 2**53 + 1] with order=2, permutation_entropy
returned 0.0 instead of the entropy of the two observed patterns.
- _validate_series takes keep_integer=True to check shape and finiteness
without converting integer input
- permutation_entropy and weighted_permutation_entropy build patterns from
the original values; weighted_permutation_entropy still computes the
weights in float
- multiscale_permutation_entropy uses the series itself at scale 1, so its
first entry equals permutation_entropy
Add _entropy_bits, _count_ids and _resolve_tolerance and use them in
place of the copies in shannon, permutation, weighted permutation,
dispersion, sample, multiscale and fuzzy entropy.
Fuzzy and dispersion entropy now detect a constant series by its range
instead of its std, which can be a tiny nonzero number for constant
float series. Dispersion validates the mapping in one place.
Dispersion entropy now sums with np.dot like the other measures, which
changes some results in the last bit (at most 3 ulp).
Public functions validate their input once and call private kernels
(_granulate, _sampen, _sampen_last, _permutation_entropy). The
multiscale functions use the kernels directly instead of calling public
functions in a loop, so the input is no longer validated again at every
scale and shift.
util_granulate_time_series now validates its input like the other
public functions: it raises ValueError for a non-1D or non-finite series.
Move the implementation into private modules, one per family of
measures: _validation, _core (embedding, coarse-graining, counting,
Shannon entropy), _sample, _ordinal, _fuzzy and _dispersion.
pyentrp.entropy re-exports everything, so existing imports keep
working, and pyentrp itself now exports the public API with __all__.
Docstrings list their sections in one order, cite papers instead of
dead or informal links, and no longer carry changelog notes; the
contributor credit moves to the README. Docstring examples now run
as part of the unittest suite.
Use one name per concept across the API:
- m: embedding dimension for sample, multiscale and fuzzy entropy
- order: pattern length for the ordinal functions and time_delay_embedding
- scale: largest scale of every multiscale function
- exponent: power of the fuzzy membership function
sample_entropy, multiscale_entropy, composite_multiscale_entropy and
rcmse take a keyword-only m (templates of length m vs m + 1). The old
sample_length, which is m + 1, keeps its meaning when passed by position
or keyword and raises a DeprecationWarning, so no existing call changes
its result. fuzzy_entropy renames sample_length to m and n to exponent,
multiscale_permutation_entropy renames m to order, multiscale_entropy
renames maxscale to scale, and time_delay_embedding renames
embedding_dimension to order. Old keywords keep working with a
DeprecationWarning until 4.0; passing an old and a new name together
raises TypeError. util_pattern_space is deprecated in favour of
time_delay_embedding.
composite_multiscale_entropy and rcmse default to scale=20, like
multiscale_entropy. All warnings now point at the caller's line.
The modules are private (_core, _sample, ...), so their contents need no
leading underscore; this follows the SciPy convention. pyentrp/__init__.py
imports the public API from the modules directly, and pyentrp/entropy.py is
now a two-line re-export of it, without private helpers. Tests import the
internals they check from their own module.
Each measure is now described by a small immutable Measure record
(pyentrp/_multiscale.py): prepare validates the input and resolves
data-dependent settings on the given series (tolerance, dispersion mapping
reference), stats computes poolable statistics of one series (match
counts, similarities, pattern ids), value turns them into the entropy. The
public single-scale functions call their record, so there is one code path
per measure, and PE and WPE share everything but the stats.
Coarse-graining moves to _multiscale.py. A constant series now maps to the
middle dispersion class instead of None; its entropy is still 0.0.
Three functions take any measure and compute it at scales 1 .. scale:
multiscale (Costa 2002), composite_multiscale (Wu 2013) and
refined_composite_multiscale, which pools the shifted coarse-grainings as
in the literature: summed match counts (RCMSE), summed fuzzy similarities
(RCMFE), averaged pattern probabilities (RCMPE, RCMDE). Parameters are
checked once, and data-dependent settings (default tolerance, dispersion
mapping mean/std) come from the original series, as in Azami's reference
code. multiscale and composite_multiscale also accept any callable.
multiscale_entropy, composite_multiscale_entropy, rcmse and
multiscale_permutation_entropy are now one-line calls into these.
Behaviour changes:
- rcmse gives inf, like sample_entropy and MSE, where the pooled m + 1
count is 0 and the m count is not (it gave NaN);
- one RuntimeWarning wording for scales that are too short.
All other results are identical.
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- Line 128: Update the linear class-label calculation to clamp labels to the
inclusive range 1 through classes, preventing floating-point rounding from
producing class 0 before dispersion_patterns converts labels for encoding. Add
regression coverage for repeated minimum values at scale 3 with
mapping="linear".
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`refined_composite_multiscale`: it skips shifts whose coarse-grained series is
too short and can still return a value when another shift is long enough.
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- Line 132: Update the util_pattern_space migration row to convert the input to
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The multiscale methods map coarse-grained series with the original
series' minimum and range. A block mean of repeated minimum values can
round to just below that minimum (mean of three 0.7 is below 0.7), which
gave class 0 and made pattern counting fail. Clamp the labels to
[1, classes].
Also: README notes that refined_composite_multiscale still gives a value
while one shift is long enough, the util_pattern_space migration hint
converts to float first, and a dispersion test class moves above the
__main__ guard.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Handle overflow before the integer cast.
For a finite input such as [-1e308, 1e308], max - min can overflow to inf. The upper endpoint then produces NaN in the normalized value. This code casts that value to int64 before np.clip, so the lower clamp can convert the invalid cast result into class 1 and return an incorrect entropy. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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- Pattern spaces above 10**6 (e.g. 10 classes, order 6) counted rows
with np.unique(axis=0), a byte-wise sort. Patterns are now int64 ids up
to 2**63 patterns, so count_ids uses a 1D np.unique: 76 ms -> 2.6 ms
at n = 100,000. Rows remain only beyond int64.
- The ncdf mapping compares against each class boundary instead of a
binary search per value, 2-5x faster for up to 16 classes.
Results are identical.
refined_composite_multiscale with fuzzy_entropy pools the similarities of
mean coarse-grained series (Azami & Escudero 2017, Physica A). It cited
Azami, Fernández & Escudero 2017 (MBEC), which coarse-grains with the
standard deviation instead; a comparison with EntropyHub, which implements
that paper, showed the difference.
Windows can only match if their first values are within the tolerance.
After sorting the windows by their first value those are neighbours, so
only a band of pairs needs comparing, value by value, with the same exact
test |a - b| < r. The counts are identical to comparing all pairs.
The band is chosen when it is small and the series has at least 512
windows; otherwise all pairs are compared as before. For m = 2:
- r = 0.1 std (the default): about 4x faster, 2.9 s -> 0.7 s at n = 100,000;
- r = 0.2 std: about 2-3x faster, 43 ms -> 16 ms at n = 10,000.
MSE, CMSE and RCMSE gain 1.5-2x at n >= 10,000.
Every public function has full annotations: ArrayLike input, int/float/bool
parameters, float or NDArray[np.float64] results. The renamed() decorator
keeps the decorated signature for type checkers, so deprecated keywords
(maxscale=, n=, ...) are reported by them while still working at runtime.
ty (pinned to 0.0.88) checks the package in CI; it found three gaps that
are fixed here (an Optional never narrowed in fuzzy entropy, pool=None in
the record built for user callables, __name__ on a generic callable). A
test keeps the public API fully annotated and the marker in place.
pyrefly 1.4.0 (pinned) with its default preset reports the same problems
as ty on the package and on calls into it (wrong argument types,
deprecated keywords, array assigned to float), runs as fast, and is past
1.0. Configured in [tool.pyrefly]; CI runs `pyrefly check`.
- pre-commit runs `pyrefly check` next to the ruff hooks.
- The release workflow runs ruff, pyrefly and the tests, builds, checks
that the wheel ships py.typed, and only then publishes.
…up.cfg
The build backend is poetry-core, so setup.py and setup.cfg were never
used to build: the keywords, homepage and most classifiers in setup.py
never reached PyPI. They now live in pyproject.toml (keywords, project
URLs, classifiers including Typing :: Typed), with version, dependencies
and requires-python declared dynamic so `poetry check` passes without
warnings and editable installs work. commitizen now bumps the version in
CITATION.cff instead of setup.py.
The measures table gets a Multiscale column (all three methods for every
measure but Shannon, with the named shortcuts), the utilities are listed,
and the refined composite references include RCMFE.
- Accuracy backed by benchmarks/crosscheck.py: agreement with EntropyHub,
NeuroKit2 and antropy to 1e-12 where definitions match, and every known
convention difference listed.
- A "Choosing a measure" table, a warning that units differ (nats/bits),
and a callout that the default sample-entropy tolerance is 0.1 std.
- The quick start explains why sample_entropy(...)[-1] is SampEn(m).
- Supported measures come before how-to sections; the 2.x migration is
linked from the top.
- One fresh, isolated benchmark run labelled 3.0.0.
- The citation no longer hard-codes a version that goes stale.
- Contributing lists the setup and check commands.
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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Make public annotations resolvable at runtime.
typing.get_type_hints(pyentrp.shannon_entropy) raises NameError because ArrayLike is absent at runtime. The same pattern affects public functions in pyentrp/_multiscale.py and Callable in pyentrp/_validation.py. Import these annotation types at runtime, or provide a runtime-resolvable annotation namespace. The annotation test checks presence, not resolution. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Make the annotation types used by public APIs resolvable at runtime: update the
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Make public annotation types available at runtime.
typing.get_type_hints(dispersion_entropy) raises NameError because ArrayLike is imported only during type checking. This breaks tools that resolve public annotations at runtime. (docs.python.org)
Import ArrayLike at runtime here. Also import ArrayLike and NDArray at runtime in pyentrp/_ordinal.py.
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| Sample entropy | O(n²) | amplitude patterns within a tolerance | the standard regularity measure in physiology | inf or NaN when no templates match (short or very regular series) |
| Fuzzy entropy | O(n²), the slowest | the same, with a smooth similarity | short or noisy series; varies smoothly with the tolerance | cost on long series |
| Permutation entropy | O(n) | the order of values only | long series, speed; unchanged by any monotonic transform of the data | ignores amplitude; needs n much larger than `order!` |
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Qualify the monotonic-transform claim.
A decreasing transform can change permutation entropy when values are tied. For example, [1, 1, 2, 2] has entropy 0 at order 3, while its negation has entropy 1 because ties retain their positional order. Limit the claim to strictly increasing transforms. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Run the benchmark in the Poetry environment.
After poetry install, plain python can use an interpreter without the project dependencies or installed package metadata. The benchmark then fails on a clean contributor setup. Use poetry run python -m benchmarks.bench .... (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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pyentrp/entropy.py. Some public functions accepted invalid input and returned wrong values without any error. Constant series gave a different answer in each function, one documented option didn't work at all, and there were several smaller API problems.Commits 1-4 fix behaviour. Commits 5-10 restructure the code and make the API consistent without changing any result (checked against saved outputs of every public function; only dispersion entropy moves, by at most 3 ulp). Commit 11 adds multiscale, composite and refined composite versions of every measure; commit 12 fixes review findings on it, commit 13 speeds up dispersion entropy, commit 15 speeds up sample entropy, commits 16-17 add type hints, and commits 18-21 tidy CI, packaging and the README.
Commit 1: input checks
dispersion_entropy:mapping="NCDF"raisedValueErroreven though the docs say mapping names are case-insensitive. Mapping names are now lower-cased.sample_entropy,multiscale_entropy,composite_multiscale_entropy,permutation_entropy,weighted_permutation_entropy,multiscale_permutation_entropy,time_delay_embeddingandutil_granulate_time_seriesnow use the existing_validate_series/_check_integerhelpers. Two new helpers are added:_check_toleranceand_check_embedding_length.permutation_entropy(order=1, normalize=True): returns0.0instead of raisingZeroDivisionError.+0.0, not-0.0.Commit 2: constant series and multiscale scales that are too short
0.1·stdis 0 because the series is constant,sample_entropy,multiscale_entropy,composite_multiscale_entropyandrcmsenow use a positive tolerance instead. Every positive tolerance gives the same result on a constant series, so the default path now matches any explicit tolerance, which is the limit as r → 0⁺.fuzzy_entropy, the permutation functions anddispersion_entropy, which already return 0.[inf, nan]or NaN. After commit 1, MSE and CMSE raisedtolerance must be greater than 0even when the caller never passed a tolerance; this commit fixes that.multiscale_permutation_entropy: scales whose coarse-grained series is too short now return NaN with oneRuntimeWarning, the same asrcmseandmultiscale_entropy. The other scales are still computed.-0.0:sample_entropyandrcmsenow return+0.0instead of-0.0.Commit 3: API cleanup
permutation_entropy,weighted_permutation_entropyandmultiscale_permutation_entropynow reject orders above 20. Above 20, the pattern ids overflow int64 (21! > 2⁶³) and distinct patterns could merge.util_pattern_space:lag * (dim - 1) + 1samples. The old check requiredlag * dim.laganddimare integers of at least 1.time_delay_embedding, returning a writable float copy. The output is identical to before for every input the old version accepted.shannon_entropy: returns a built-infloat, returns+0.0when only one symbol occurs, and raisesValueErroron empty input.fuzzy_entropy: returns+0.0instead of-0.0.multiscale_entropy:maxscaledefaults to 20, the range used by Costa et al. (2002), instead oflen(time_series).Nonestill means 20.Commit 4: exact comparison of large integers
permutation_entropy,weighted_permutation_entropyandmultiscale_permutation_entropy(scale 1) compare integer input as integers again. Converting to float64 merged values above 2⁵³:permutation_entropy([2**53, 2**53 + 1, 2**53, 2**53 + 1], order=2)gave0.0instead of0.918. Weighted permutation entropy still computes its weights in float, as before.Commit 5: shared helpers (refactor)
_entropy_bits, which also handles the-0.0guard), pattern counting (_count_ids) and the tolerance default (_resolve_tolerance), replacing 3-4 copies each.np.full(61, 0.1)is 4e-17, not 0.Commit 6: validation separated from computation (refactor)
util_granulate_time_seriesnow validates its input (1D, finite) like the other public functions.Commit 7: package layout (refactor)
entropy.pyis split into private modules:_validation,_core(embedding, coarse-graining, counting, Shannon entropy),_sample,_ordinal,_fuzzyand_dispersion.pyentrp.entropyre-exports everything, sofrom pyentrp import entropy as entkeeps working.pyentrpitself now exports the public API with__all__.Commit 8: consistent parameter names (feat)
m(embedding dimension of sample, multiscale and fuzzy entropy),order(pattern length),scale(largest scale),exponent(fuzzy membership power).sample_length=2meant m=1 insample_entropyand m=2 infuzzy_entropy. The sample-entropy family now takes a keyword-onlym. The oldsample_lengthkeeps its meaning by position and by keyword, so no existing call changes its result.DeprecationWarninguntil 4.0. The warning points at the caller's line. Passing an old and a new name together raisesTypeError.composite_multiscale_entropyandrcmsedefault toscale=20, likemultiscale_entropy. This was needed becausesample_lengthbecame optional.Commit 9: plain names inside private modules (refactor)
_core,_sample, ...), so their contents drop the leading underscore, following the SciPy convention:_validation.check_integer, not_validation._check_integer.pyentrp/__init__.pyimports the public API from the modules.pyentrp/entropy.pyshrinks to a two-line re-export of it and no longer exposes private helpers. Tests import the internals they check from their own module.Commit 10: one prepare/stats/value path per measure (refactor)
Measurerecord (pyentrp/_multiscale.py):preparevalidates the input and resolves data-dependent settings on the given series;statscomputes statistics of one series that can be pooled (match counts, similarities, pattern ids);valueturns those statistics into the entropy.stats.None. Its entropy is still 0.0.Commit 11: multiscale, composite and refined composite for every measure (feat)
multiscalecomposite_multiscalerefined_composite_multiscalepoolssample_entropyfuzzy_entropypermutation_entropy,weighted_permutation_entropydispersion_entropyRCMDE/MDEpassmu = mean(x)andsigma = std(x)of the original series). As a result,multiscale(x, dispersion_entropy, ...)[k]differs fromdispersion_entropy(coarse_k).RuntimeWarningthat points at the caller. Refined skips shifts that are too short.multiscale_entropy,composite_multiscale_entropy,rcmseandmultiscale_permutation_entropystay public and are now one-line calls into these functions.Commit 12: linear dispersion classes across scales (fix)
[1, classes]. A regression test covers this.util_pattern_spacewarning now say to convert to float beforetime_delay_embedding. The README also notes that refined still gives a value while one shift is long enough.Commit 13: faster dispersion entropy (perf)
np.unique(axis=0), a byte-wise sort. Patterns are now int64 ids up to 2⁶³ patterns: 76 ms → 2.6 ms at n = 100,000. Rows are only used beyond int64. A test checks against brute force at 2⁶³ and 2⁶⁴ patterns.dispersion_entropy(6 classes, order 3)at n = 100,000 goes from 1.3 ms to 0.6 ms.Commit 14: RCMFE citation (docs)
Commit 15: faster sample entropy on long series (perf)
|a - b| < r. Counts are identical to comparing all pairs. Tests compare both strategies against each other and against brute force, covering ties, large offsets, constant series and tolerances that fall exactly on a distance. 300 further random series of 512–6,000 points also matched.Commits 16-17: type hints and
py.typed(feat, build)ArrayLikeinput,int/float/boolparameters, andfloatorNDArray[np.float64]results.py.typedmarker, and the wheel includes it.renamed()decorator keeps the new signature visible to type checkers, so they report deprecated keywords (maxscale=,n=, ...) while those still work at runtime.floatin calling code.pool=Nonein the record built for user functions, and__name__on a generic callable.Commits 18-21: CI, packaging, README
dispersion_entropy(mapping=...)is typedLiteral["ncdf", "linear"]. Runtime still accepts any letter case.py.typedbefore publishing.setup.pyandsetup.cfgare removed. The poetry-core build never used them, so their keywords, URLs and most classifiers never reached PyPI. That metadata now lives inpyproject.toml.poetry checkpasses without warnings and editable installs work. commitizen bumpsCITATION.cffinstead ofsetup.py.Migrating from 2.x
sample_entropy,multiscale_entropy,composite_multiscale_entropy,rcmsesample_length=3(or positional3)m=2(m = sample_length - 1)multiscale_entropymaxscale=scale=fuzzy_entropysample_length=,n=m=,exponent=(same values)multiscale_permutation_entropym=order=(same value)time_delay_embeddingembedding_dimension=order=util_pattern_space(x, lag, dim)time_delay_embedding(np.asarray(x, dtype=float), dim, lag).copy()Behaviour changes
The first commit has a
BREAKING CHANGE:footer, socz bumpwill make this 3.0.0. Calls that used to return a value now raise an error:permutation_entropy(x, delay=0)-0.0ValueErrorpermutation_entropywith NaN in the data0.72ValueErrorpermutation_entropy([1, 2], order=3)-0.0ValueErrorpermutation_entropy(x, order=21)ValueErrorsample_entropy(x, 2, tolerance=-1)[inf, nan]ValueErrorsample_entropywith NaN in the data[inf, nan]ValueErrorshannon_entropy([])-0.0ValueErrortime_delay_embedding(x, 3, 0)(n, 1)ValueErrorutil_granulate_time_series(x, 0)ZeroDivisionErrorValueErrorutil_granulate_time_serieswith NaN or 2D inputValueErrororder/delay/sample_length/scale/maxscaleTypeErrorCalls that now return different values:
sample_entropy(c, 3)on a constant series[inf, nan, nan][0.020, 0.0, 0.0](same as any explicitr > 0)rcmse(c, 3, 2)on a constant series[nan, nan][0.0, 0.0]multiscale_entropy/composite_multiscale_entropyon a constant series0.0at every scalemultiscale_entropy(x, m)withoutmaxscalelen(x)scalesmultiscale_permutation_entropywith scales that are too shortValueError(after commit 1)util_pattern_space([1, 2, 3], 2, 2)ValueError[[1., 3.]]shannon_entropy(...)np.float64floatpermutation_entropyon integers above 2⁵³0.0)0.918)dispersion_entropy(...)np.dotinstead ofnp.sum)rcmseat a scale where the pooled m + 1 count is 0 but the m count is notnaninf, likesample_entropyand MSE (no match at all still gives NaN)RuntimeWarningof MPE / MSE / CMSE / RCMSETest plan
python -m unittest discover: 129 tests pass, including the docstring examples. Coverage ofpyentrpis 99%.python -W error::DeprecationWarning -m unittest discoverpasses, so neither the library nor the tests use a deprecated name.tests/test_deprecations.pychecks every old name against the new one.tests/test_multiscale.pychecks:ruff check,ruff format --check,pyrefly check; CI passes on Python 3.10-3.15.python -m benchmarks.bench --sizes 1000 5000) runs at the same speed as before; MPE is slightly faster.util_pattern_spacegives identical output to the old version across 156 parameter combinations.