Understanding causation via correlations and linear response theory

In spite of the (correct) common-wisdom statement correlation does not imply causation, a proper employ of time correlations and of fluctuation-response theory allows us to understand the causal relations between the variables of a multidimensional linear Markov process. It is shown that the fluctua...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marco Baldovin, Fabio Cecconi, Angelo Vulpiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-12-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043436