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Network construction relies on the accurate quantification of direct associations among variables. The existence of multiscale associations among variables presents several quantification challenges, especially when quantifying nonlinear direct interactions.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In this study, the multiscale part mutual information (MPMI), based on part mutual information (PMI) and nonlinear partial association (NPA), was developed for effectively quantifying nonlinear direct associations among variables in networks with multiscale associations. First, we defined the MPMI in theory and derived its five important properties. Second, an experiment in a three-node network was carried out to numerically estimate its quantification ability under two cases of strong associations. Third, experiments of the MPMI and comparisons with the PMI, NPA and conditional mutual information were performed on simulated datasets and on datasets from DREAM challenge project. Finally, the MPMI was applied to real datasets of glioblastoma and lung adenocarcinoma to validate its effectiveness. Results showed that the MPMI is an effective alternative measure for quantifying nonlinear direct associations in networks, especially those with multiscale associations.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Availability and implementation<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The source code of MPMI is available online at https:\/\/github.com\/CDMB-lab\/MPMI.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Supplementary information<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btab182","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,15]],"date-time":"2021-03-15T20:13:25Z","timestamp":1615839205000},"page":"2920-2929","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Multiscale part mutual information for quantifying nonlinear direct associations in networks"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"37","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8488-2228","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Junliang","family":"Shang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science, Qufu Normal University , Rizhao 276826, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science, Qufu Normal University , Rizhao 276826, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science, Qufu Normal University , Rizhao 276826, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Feng","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science, Qufu Normal University , Rizhao 276826, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jin-Xing","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science, Qufu Normal University , Rizhao 276826, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Honghai","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Life Science, Qufu Normal University , Qufu 273165, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023061310565491500_btab182-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"714","DOI":"10.1038\/nbt.2657","article-title":"Network cleanup","volume":"31","author":"Alipanahi","year":"2013","journal-title":"Nat. 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