arxivcs.LGcs.AI2026-06-30
Validating Causal Abstraction Metrics on Simulated Complex Systems
Maxime Méloux, Tiago Pimentel, François Portet, Maxime Peyrard
A central goal of science is to produce valid explanations of complex systems: high-level causal accounts that faithfully reflect the behavior of lower-level mechanisms. Yet no consensus exists on how to measure whether a proposed high-level explanation is actually valid. We intr…