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OT-2026-000000599

Controlling a manufacturing process using causal models

Published: 2026-09-15T19:03:08.345174Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000599
Categories: Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision > Industrial Control

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ABSTRACT

An example method includes selecting treatment assignments for operation of a
system in an environment based on a causal model mapped to a probability
distribution over possible treatment assignments, where the causal model
measures causal relationships between the treatment assignments and a
performance metric associated with the environment. The method further
includes mapping causal effects between the treatment assignments and measures
of uncertainty associated with the environment in the causal model to
corresponding probabilities using probability matching. The method further
includes determining the performance metric using the treatment assignments
and corresponding dependent variables obtained from the environment in
response to the treatment assignments. The method further includes adjusting,
based on the performance metric, the causal model, and re-computing the
adjusted causal model by computing overall causal effects based on the
measures of uncertainty around the overall causal effects.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000599
Published 2026-09-15T19:03:08.345174Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000599