Assumptions for Actual Causality in Counterfactual Causal Spaces

Evaluating which assumptions suffice for HP and Beckers actual causality definitions

61.7%
Best Sufficiency (None/Faithful)
27.8%
HP-Beckers Agreement
66.7%
Peak (n=4 DAGs)
120
DAGs Tested

Sufficiency Rates by Assumption Set

HP-Beckers Agreement

DAG Size Effect

Assumption Comparison

Detailed Results

Assumption SetSufficiencyAgreement
None61.7%27.8%
Consistency52.5%27.7%
Monotonicity48.3%27.7%
Consistency+Monotonicity44.2%27.9%
Faithfulness61.7%27.5%
Consistency+Faithfulness55.0%27.9%
Cons+Mono+Faithful44.2%27.9%
Modularity58.3%28.3%
Consistency+Modularity49.2%28.5%
Full44.2%28.1%