Quantum-enhanced causal discovery for a small number of samples
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小样本下的量子增强因果发现
- 研究问题
- 在非线性关系、分布形式未知且样本较少时，量子核能否改善基于条件独立检验的因果发现，并降低错误发现的风险？
- 方法与思路
- 作者提出量子 Peter–Clark 算法，在量子电路定义的再生核 Hilbert 空间中开展条件独立检验，并以核目标对齐优化超参数。
- 材料陈述的贡献
- 摘要称，基本因果图实验显示其小样本表现优于经典对应算法，核优化减少假阳性，并在住房、疾病及生物信号数据上展示应用。
- 阅读关注点
- 应核对因果解释所需前提、条件独立检验的校准、超参数选择是否使用额外信息，以及经典基准和量子计算成本是否公平比较。
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原文摘要
The discovery of causal relations from observed data has attracted significant interest from disciplines such as economics, social sciences, and biology. In practical applications, considerable knowledge of the underlying systems is often unavailable, and real data are usually associated with nonlinear causal structures, which makes the direct use of most conventional causality analysis methods difficult. This study proposes a novel quantum Peter-Clark (qPC) algorithm for causal discovery that does not require any assumptions about the underlying model structures. Based on conditional independence tests in a class of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces characterized by quantum circuits, the proposed algorithm can explore causal relations from the observed data drawn from arbitrary distributions. We conducted systematic experiments on fundamental graphs of causal structures, demonstrating that the qPC algorithm exhibits better performance, particularly with smaller sample sizes compared to its classical counterpart. Furthermore, we proposed a novel optimization approach based on Kernel Target Alignment (KTA) for determining hyperparameters of quantum kernels. This method effectively reduced the risk of false positives in causal discovery, enabling more reliable inference. Our theoretical and experimental results demonstrate that the quantum algorithm can empower classical algorithms for accurate inference in causal discovery, supporting them in regimes where classical algorithms typically fail. In addition, the effectiveness of this method was validated using the datasets on Boston housing prices, heart disease, and biological signaling systems as real-world applications. These findings highlight the potential of quantum-based causal discovery methods in addressing practical challenges, particularly in small-sample scenarios, where traditional approaches have shown significant limitations.