Summary Causal Graph

Summary causal graphs represent a simplified view of complex dynamic systems, focusing on causal relationships between time series variables without specifying the temporal lag between them. Current research emphasizes identifying direct and total causal effects from these graphs, even in the presence of latent confounders and cycles, using both graphical criteria and adjustment sets to enable estimation from observational data. This work is significant because it allows causal inference in situations where complete temporal causal graphs are unavailable or impractical to obtain, improving our ability to understand and model complex systems in various domains.

Papers

October 31, 2024

Average Controlled and Average Natural Micro Direct Effects in Summary Causal Graphs
Simon Ferreira, Charles K. Assaad
Causal Inference Causal Graph Causal Effect Causal System Average Performance Summary Causal Graph

June 9, 2024

Toward identifiability of total effects in summary causal graphs with latent confounders: an extension of the front-door criterion
Charles K. Assaad
Causal Graph Causal Relationship Novel Identifiability Test Latent Confounders Front Door Criterion Summary Causal Graph

October 23, 2023

Identifiability of total effects from abstractions of time series causal graphs
Charles K. Assaad, Emilie Devijver, Eric Gaussier, Gregor Gössler, Anouar Meynaoui
Causal Graph Novel Identifiability Test Metric Aware Abstraction Summary Causal Graph

June 29, 2023

Identifiability of Direct Effects from Summary Causal Graphs
Simon Ferreira, Charles K. Assaad
Causal Graph Causal Effect Structural Causal Model Directed Acyclic Graph Novel Identifiability Test Summary Causal Graph

March 7, 2023

Root Cause Identification for Collective Anomalies in Time Series given an Acyclic Summary Causal Graph with Loops
Charles K. Assaad, Imad Ez-zejjari, Lei Zan
Time Series Causal Graph Causal Relation Root Cause Level Loop Collective Anomaly Summary Causal Graph

May 19, 2022

Inferring extended summary causal graphs from observational time series
Charles K. Assaad, Emilie Devijver, Eric Gaussier
Time Series Causal Discovery Causal Graph Causal Entropy Information Theoretic Measure Summary Causal Graph