虽然转移熵最初定义为双变量分析,但它已经扩展到多变量形式,或者对其他潜在源变量进行调节,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lizier|first=Joseph|author2=Prokopenko, Mikhail |author3=Zomaya, Albert |title=Local information transfer as a spatiotemporal filter for complex systems|journal=Physical Review E|year=2008|volume=77|issue=2|pages=026110|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.77.026110|pmid=18352093|arxiv=0809.3275|bibcode=2008PhRvE..77b6110L}}</ref> 或者考虑从一组源的传递,<ref name = Lizier2011>{{cite journal|last=Lizier|first=Joseph|author2=Heinzle, Jakob |author3=Horstmann, Annette |author4=Haynes, John-Dylan |author5= Prokopenko, Mikhail |title=Multivariate information-theoretic measures reveal directed information structure and task relevant changes in fMRI connectivity|journal=Journal of Computational Neuroscience|year=2011|volume=30|issue=1|pages=85–107|doi=10.1007/s10827-010-0271-2|pmid=20799057}}</ref>尽管这些形式再次需要更多的样本。 | 虽然转移熵最初定义为双变量分析,但它已经扩展到多变量形式,或者对其他潜在源变量进行调节,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lizier|first=Joseph|author2=Prokopenko, Mikhail |author3=Zomaya, Albert |title=Local information transfer as a spatiotemporal filter for complex systems|journal=Physical Review E|year=2008|volume=77|issue=2|pages=026110|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.77.026110|pmid=18352093|arxiv=0809.3275|bibcode=2008PhRvE..77b6110L}}</ref> 或者考虑从一组源的传递,<ref name = Lizier2011>{{cite journal|last=Lizier|first=Joseph|author2=Heinzle, Jakob |author3=Horstmann, Annette |author4=Haynes, John-Dylan |author5= Prokopenko, Mikhail |title=Multivariate information-theoretic measures reveal directed information structure and task relevant changes in fMRI connectivity|journal=Journal of Computational Neuroscience|year=2011|volume=30|issue=1|pages=85–107|doi=10.1007/s10827-010-0271-2|pmid=20799057}}</ref>尽管这些形式再次需要更多的样本。 |