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               University of New South Wales

         School of Computer Science and Engineering

             Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

                       Seminar Series

TITLE:         Modelling with Context-Dependent Causality

SHORT          Causal Modelling

WHO:           Maria Lee
               CSIRO Division of Information Technology/
               Com. Sci. UNSW

WHEN:          1-2pm, Friday, 22 May, 1992

ABSTRACT:      Decision support systems may require the  use
               of  existing  complex mathematical models. It
               is desirable to reduce the equations of  such
               a model to an explanatory causal form to sup-
               port decision making. It is argued here  that
               a  combination of extracting information from
               the user and heuristics to reduce  the  equa-
               tions  to  a  suitable form are sufficient to
               produce a reasonable causal explanation  from
               equations.  The  method  is  general  and can
               apply to any domain.  The  method  identifies
               causality   in  a  physical  system  with  or
               without feedback. The method also allows con-
               sistency  checking between equations and user
               generated causal reasoning.  This method  has
               been  implemented in Hypercard on a Macintosh
               to provide an accessible graphically oriented
               decision support tool.

WHERE:         Rm 212, Samuels Building, University  of  New
               South Wales. Enter off Botany Street, stop at
               gate and  ask  grey  men  for  day  pass  and
               instructions.  Park  in  the main car park on
               your left.  The Samuels bulding is  the  gray
               building   directly  behind  the  gates  with
               strange shield-like objects over the windows.

INQUIRIES:     timm@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Tim Menzies)

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