该MVGC工具箱的设计与应用于神经科学实证数据，是一个多变量格兰杰因果分析的新方法。-The MVGC toolbox has been designed with application to empirical neuroscience data in mind，which is a new method for multivariate Granger causality analysis.

贝叶斯网络，又称信念网络(Belief Network, BN), 或有向无环图模型，是由一个有向无环图(DAG,Directed acyclic graphical model)和条件概率分布(即知道P(xi|parent(xi))发生的概率构成，其中parent(xi)为指向xi的直接父节点)。它是一种模拟人类推理过程中因果关系的不确定性处理模型，其网络拓朴结构是一个有向无环图(DAG)。(Bayesian networks, also known as belief networks (B