We propose a novel framework that leverages LLMs for full causal graph discovery. While previous LLM-based methods have used a pairwise query approach, this requires a quadratic number of queries which quickly becomes impractical for larger causal graphs. In contrast, the proposed framework uses a breadth-first search (BFS) approach which allows it to use only a linear number of queries. We also show that the proposed method can easily incorporate observational data when available, to improve performance. In addition to being more time and data-efficient, the proposed framework achieves state-of-the-art results on real-world causal graphs of varying sizes. The results demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method in discovering causal relationships, showcasing its potential for broad applicability in causal graph discovery tasks across different domains.
Exploring Multi-Modal Data with Tool-Augmented LLM Agents for Precise Causal Discovery
University of Houston（德克萨斯大学休斯顿分校）；NEC Laboratories America（NEC美国实验室）；Florida International University（佛罗里达国际大学）；North Carolina State University（北卡罗来纳州立大学）
Can Large Language Models Help Experimental Design for Causal Discovery?
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)（香港科技大学（广州））；MBZUAI（穆罕默德·本·扎耶德人工智能大学）；Hong Kong Baptist University（香港浸会大学）；The University of Sydney（悉尼大学）；Carnegie Mellon University（卡内基梅隆大学）
Regularized Multi-LLMs Collaboration for Enhanced Score-based Causal Discovery
University of New South Wales（新南威尔士大学）；School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University（东北大学计算机科学与工程学院）；School of Computing, Macquarie University（麦考瑞大学计算学院）；CSIRO’s Data61（澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织数据61）
Causal Ensemble Agent: Hierarchical Causal Discovery with LLM-guided Expert Reweighting
The University of Melbourne（墨尔本大学）；MBZUAI（穆罕默德·本·扎耶德人工智能大学）；Peking University（北京大学）；Adelaide University（阿德莱德大学）；Hong Kong Baptist University（香港浸会大学）；The University of Sydney（悉尼大学）；Carnegie Mellon University（卡内基梅隆大学）
Learning to Defer for Causal Discovery with Imperfect Experts
University of Oxford（牛津大学）；Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute（米拉-魁北克人工智能研究所）；Université de Montréal（蒙特利尔大学）；ServiceNow Research（ServiceNow研究院）；University of Amsterdam（阿姆斯特丹大学）；Université Laval（拉瓦尔大学）
Integrating Large Language Model for Improved Causal Discovery
School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China（计算机科学与技术学院，中国科学技术大学）；University of Science and Technology of China（中国科学技术大学）；Laboratory for Big Data and Decision, University of Science and Technology of China（大数据与决策实验室，中国科学技术大学）；First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China（中国科学技术大学第一附属医院）
The Robustness of Differentiable Causal Discovery in Misspecified Scenarios
School of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China（数学学院，东南大学，南京210096，中国）；School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China（网络科学与工程学院，东南大学，南京210096，中国）
Linear Causal Discovery with Interventional Constraints
纳入因果知识和机制对于完善因果模型和改进下游任务（例如设计新治疗方法）至关重要。在本文中，我们引入了一个新的概念，在因果发现，称为介入约束，这从根本上不同于介入数据。虽然干预性数据需要变量的直接扰动，但干预性约束以因果效应的不等式约束的形式对高层次的因果知识进行编码。例如，在Sachs数据集中（Sachs et al.\ 2005年），Akt已被证明是由PIP3激活，这意味着PIP3对Akt发挥积极的因果作用。现有的因果发现方法允许强制执行结构约束（例如，需要从PIP3到Akt的因果路径），但它们仍然可能产生不正确的因果结论，例如学习“PIP3抑制Akt”。干预约束通过明确约束变量对之间的总因果效应来弥合这一差距，确保学习模型尊重已知的因果影响。为了形式化干预约束，我们提出了一个度量来量化线性因果模型的总因果效应，并将问题制定为约束优化任务，使用两阶段约束优化方法求解。我们在真实世界的数据集上评估了我们的方法，并证明了整合干预性约束不仅提高了模型的准确性，确保了与已有发现的一致性，使模型更易于解释，而且还有助于发现新的因果关系，否则识别成本很高。
CUTS+: High-dimensional Causal Discovery from Irregular Time-series
Tsinghua University（清华大学）；Institute for Brain and Cognitive Science, Tsinghua University (THUIBCS)（清华大学脑与认知科学研究院（THUIBCS））；Chinese PLA General Hospital（中国人民解放军总医院）
A Versatile Causal Discovery Framework to Allow Causally-Related Hidden Variables
University of California San Diego（加州大学圣地亚哥分校）；Carnegie Mellon University（卡内基梅隆大学）；Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence（穆罕默德·本·扎耶德人工智能大学）；KDDI Research（KDDI研究所）
Benchmarking Bayesian Causal Discovery Methods for Downstream Treatment Effect Estimation
Technical University of Munich（慕尼黑工业大学）；Mila - Quebec AI Institute（米拉 - 魁北克人工智能研究所）；ServiceNow Research（ServiceNow研究院）；Université de Montréal（蒙特利尔大学）；Helmholtz AI（亥姆霍兹人工智能研究所）
CUTS: Neural Causal Discovery from Irregular Time-Series Data
Tsinghua University（清华大学）；Institute for Brain and Cognitive Science, Tsinghua University (THUIBCS)（清华大学脑与认知科学研究所）；Chinese PLA General Hospital（中国人民解放军总医院）
Feedzai（Feedzai公司）；Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa（里斯本大学高等技术学院）；DCC, Faculdade de Ciêncidas da Universidade do Porto（波尔图大学理学院数据与计算机科学系）；Instituto de Telecomunicações（电信研究所）
