Functionality of the time resolved partial directed coherence (TPDC) code

System requirements:

• Windows 7 and newer.
• Tested on Matlab2011 or later
• Matlab should have the Signal processing and Communication, Math, Statistics and Optimization toolboxes (with Licenses).
• The arfit tollbox is also required (https://de.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/174-arfit or https://github.com/tapios/arfit)

Instruction for use:

1. Download the zipped folder 'tpdc' and unzip it.
2. Update the path of the folder including all subfolders in the lines 6 and 7 of tpdc_EEG.m.
3. Enter the path where you wan to store the results in line 109 of tpdc_EEG.m.
4. The output "Trial1.mat" and figure "trial1.jpeg" (effective connectivity between the five time series) will be saved in the desired folder.

Note: The example dataset dataout.mat was tested in a desktop computer with 8 GB RAM, 3.2 GhZ processor and took 180 seconds to complete.