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arXiv Machine Learning By Daniela Schkoda, Dominik Janzing

Root Cause Analysis of Outliers in Unknown Cyclic Graphs

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arXiv:2510. 06995v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study the propagation of outliers in cyclic causal graphs with linear structural equations, tracing them back to one or several "root cause" nodes.

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