Dimensional analysis based causal ordering

Shen, Qiang; Peng, Taoxin; Milne, Robert

Abstract

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.

Citation

Shen, Q., Peng, T., & Milne, R. (1999). Dimensional analysis based causal ordering. In Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning (193-202)

• Conference Name: QR-99
• Publication Date: 1999
• Deposit Date: Jul 19, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 19, 2010
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 193-202
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning
• Keywords: causal ordering; dimensional analysis
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3240