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New multi-agent framework MaSCoD enhances causal graph generation using LLMs

Researchers have developed MaSCoD, a novel multi-agent framework designed to improve causal graph generation by explicitly addressing the omission of relevant causal relations. The framework organizes candidate third variables and local structural patterns before direct-edge judgment, utilizing LLMs like GPT-5.4 and GPT-4o for its operations. Evaluations on datasets such as Auto-MPG, DWD, and Sachs indicate that MaSCoD's performance is dependent on the dataset and the specific LLM backbone used, rather than offering uniform superiority. The study suggests that pre-organizing structural information can be a valuable design target for controlling omissions in causal discovery. AI

IMPACT This framework could improve the accuracy and completeness of causal discovery in complex systems by better handling omitted variables.

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New multi-agent framework MaSCoD enhances causal graph generation using LLMs

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Yudai Nakada, Yuichiro Nishiura, Jin Michael Splichal ·

    MaSCoD: A Multi-Agent Framework for Structural-Context-Guided Candidate Causal Graph Generation

    arXiv:2609.19944v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have been applied to causal discovery, but candidate-graph generation rarely treats premature omission of potentially relevant causal relations as an explicit design objective. We propose MaSCoD, a multi…