A method for measuring an informational property of a data set. This data set can contain data which is not the product of intentionally defined informational symbols, such as electroencephalography (EEG) data. Instantiations of informational symbols are identified by the discontinuities and critical points (maxima, minima, saddle points) in the data. A fundamental informational property of each outcome is computed based on the data which represents each outcome. These outcomes are aggregated to produce a total informational value.
Method for measuring information in natural data