Dimensional analysis based causal ordering.
Qiang Shen, Taoxin Peng, Robert Milne · Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University) · 1999
This paper presents a novel approach for generating causal dependencies between system variables, from an acausal description of the system behaviour, and for identifying the end causal impact; in terms of whether a change in the value of an influencing variable will lead to an increase or a decrease in the value of the influenced variables. This work is based on the use of the conventional method for dimensional analysis developed in classical physics . The utility of the work is demonstrated with its application to providing causal explanations for selected physical systems. The results reflect well the common-sense understanding of the causality in these systems.