Mechanism-based Causal Models for Adaptive Decision Support.
Tsai-Ching Lu, Marek J. Drużdżel · 2005
We propose a framework for decision support in a changing world that rests on mechanism-based causal models. A causal model is a self-contained set of si-multaneous structural equations representing a decision problem. In our framework, a causal model is instanti-ated from a mechanism knowledge base, where domain knowledge is stored as mechanisms along with generic non-intervening and intervening actions. A change in the world is modeled as applying an action on the causal model. The framework supports reasoning about the ef-fect of actions to deduce the causal model representing the world brought about by the actions.