Harnessing LLMs for Better Causal Discovery

Harnessing LLMs for Better Causal Discovery

Enhancing reliability in causal relationship identification

This research introduces a novel approach that leverages Large Language Models to identify causally consistent relationships while mitigating hallucinations and contradictions.

  • Combines LLM capabilities with algorithmic constraints to ensure maximally consistent causal orders
  • Develops a two-step methodology: extraction of causal pairs from text followed by mathematical verification
  • Demonstrates superior performance compared to traditional causal discovery methods on real-world health datasets
  • Addresses fundamental LLM reliability issues through formal consistency verification

For medical applications, this approach enables more reliable extraction of causal relationships from clinical literature and health records, supporting evidence-based decision-making while reducing the risk of contradictory causal conclusions.

Original Paper: Discovery of Maximally Consistent Causal Orders with Large Language Models

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