Before revision:  To address this issue, we develop variable-lag Granger causality and  Transfer Entropy, generalizations of both Granger causality and Transfer Entropy that relax the assumption of the fixed time delay and allows causes to influence effects with arbitrary time delays.
After revision:  To address this issue, we develop variable-lag Granger causality and Variable-lag Transfer Entropy, generalizations of both Granger causality and Transfer Entropy that relax the assumption of the fixed time delay and allows causes to influence effects with arbitrary time delays.