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From Ordinary Differential Equations to Structural Causal Models: the deterministic case

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Abstract

We show how, and under which conditions, the equilibrium states of a first-order Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) system can be described with a deterministic Structural Causal Model (SCM). Our exposition sheds more light on the concept of causality as expressed within the framework of Structural Causal Models, especially for cyclic models.

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@article{arxiv.1304.7920,
  title  = {From Ordinary Differential Equations to Structural Causal Models: the deterministic case},
  author = {Joris M. Mooij and Dominik Janzing and Bernhard Schölkopf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.7920},
  year   = {2013}
}

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