Understanding causation via correlations and linear response theory
Marco Baldovin, Fabio Cecconi, Angelo Vulpiani
Abstract
The authors study the relation between causation and correlations in the context of linear response theory and discuss a method to determine causal links from correlations, under suitable linearity assumptions.
Topics & Concepts
CausationLinear response theoryMathematicsStatistical physicsPsychologyEpistemologyPhysicsPhilosophyCondensed matter physicsNeural Networks and ApplicationsEvolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsStatistical Mechanics and Entropy