Multi-granularity Causal Structure Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.05549v2
• Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:06:33 GMT
• Title: Multi-granularity Causal Structure Learning
• Authors: Jiaxuan Liang, Jun Wang, Guoxian Yu, Shuyin Xia, Guoyin Wang
• Abstract summary: We develop MgCSL (Multi-granularity Causal Structure Learning), which first leverages sparse auto-encoder to explore coarse-graining strategies and causal abstractions. MgCSL then takes multi-granularity variables as inputs to train multilayer perceptrons and to delve the causality between variables. Experimental results show that MgCSL outperforms competitive baselines, and finds out explainable causal connections on fMRI datasets.
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• Abstract: Unveil, model, and comprehend the causal mechanisms underpinning natural phenomena stand as fundamental endeavors across myriad scientific disciplines. Meanwhile, new knowledge emerges when discovering causal relationships from data. Existing causal learning algorithms predominantly focus on the isolated effects of variables, overlook the intricate interplay of multiple variables and their collective behavioral patterns. Furthermore, the ubiquity of high-dimensional data exacts a substantial temporal cost for causal algorithms. In this paper, we develop a novel method called MgCSL (Multi-granularity Causal Structure Learning), which first leverages sparse auto-encoder to explore coarse-graining strategies and causal abstractions from micro-variables to macro-ones. MgCSL then takes multi-granularity variables as inputs to train multilayer perceptrons and to delve the causality between variables. To enhance the efficacy on high-dimensional data, MgCSL introduces a simplified acyclicity constraint to adeptly search the directed acyclic graph among variables. Experimental results show that MgCSL outperforms competitive baselines, and finds out explainable causal connections on fMRI datasets.

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