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On Reichenbach’s Causal Betweenness

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We characterize, by easily verifiable properties, abstract ternary relations isomorphic to the causal betweenness introduced by Hans Reichenbach.

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Acknowledgments

This note was written while the second author was visiting the first author in ConCoCO (Concordia Computational Combinatorial Optimization Laboratory). The research was undertaken, in part, thanks to funding from the Canada Research Chairs Program and by the China Scholarship Council. In addition to expressing their gratitude for this support, the authors want to thank the two anonymous referees for their thoughtful suggestions, which helped to improve the introductory section.

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  1. Canada Research Chair in Combinatorial Optimization, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8, Canada

    Vašek Chvátal

  2. College of Mathematics and System Sciences, Xinjiang University, 830046, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China

    Baoyindureng Wu

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Chvátal, V., Wu, B. On Reichenbach’s Causal Betweenness. Erkenn 76, 41–48 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-011-9321-z

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