{"user_id":"105506","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Classical machine learning techniques often struggle with overfitting and unreliable predictions when exposed to novel conditions. Introducing causality into the modelling process offers a promising way to mitigate these challenges by enhancing predictive robustness. However, constructing an initial causal graph manually using domain knowledge is time-consuming, particularly in complex time series with numerous variables. To address this, causal discovery algorithms can provide a preliminary causal structure that domain experts can refine. This study investigates causal feature selection with domain knowledge using a data center system as an example. We use simulated time-series data to compare \r\ndifferent causal feature selection with traditional machine-learning feature selection methods. Our results show that predictions based on causal features are more robust compared to those derived from traditional methods. These findings underscore the potential of combining causal discovery algorithms with human expertise to improve machine learning applications."}],"author":[{"id":"105506","last_name":"Zapata Gonzalez","full_name":"Zapata Gonzalez, David Ricardo","first_name":"David Ricardo"},{"last_name":"Meyer","id":"105120","full_name":"Meyer, Marcel","first_name":"Marcel"},{"first_name":"Oliver","full_name":"Müller, Oliver","last_name":"Müller","id":"72849"}],"date_created":"2025-07-21T07:52:03Z","publication":"European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)","department":[{"_id":"196"}],"conference":{"location":"Amman, Jordan","end_date":"18.06.2025","name":"European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)","start_date":"16.06.2025"},"_id":"60680","status":"public","type":"conference","title":"BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN DATA-DRIVEN AND THEORY-DRIVEN MODELLING – LEVERAGING CAUSAL MACHINE LEARNING FOR INTEGRATIVE MODELLING OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS","year":"2025","date_updated":"2025-07-21T07:53:19Z","citation":{"apa":"Zapata Gonzalez, D. R., Meyer, M., &#38; Müller, O. (2025). BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN DATA-DRIVEN AND THEORY-DRIVEN MODELLING – LEVERAGING CAUSAL MACHINE LEARNING FOR INTEGRATIVE MODELLING OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS. <i>European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)</i>. European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Amman, Jordan.","mla":"Zapata Gonzalez, David Ricardo, et al. “BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN DATA-DRIVEN AND THEORY-DRIVEN MODELLING – LEVERAGING CAUSAL MACHINE LEARNING FOR INTEGRATIVE MODELLING OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS.” <i>European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)</i>, 2025.","ama":"Zapata Gonzalez DR, Meyer M, Müller O. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN DATA-DRIVEN AND THEORY-DRIVEN MODELLING – LEVERAGING CAUSAL MACHINE LEARNING FOR INTEGRATIVE MODELLING OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS. In: <i>European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)</i>. ; 2025.","short":"D.R. Zapata Gonzalez, M. Meyer, O. Müller, in: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2025.","chicago":"Zapata Gonzalez, David Ricardo, Marcel Meyer, and Oliver Müller. “BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN DATA-DRIVEN AND THEORY-DRIVEN MODELLING – LEVERAGING CAUSAL MACHINE LEARNING FOR INTEGRATIVE MODELLING OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS.” In <i>European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)</i>, 2025.","ieee":"D. R. Zapata Gonzalez, M. Meyer, and O. Müller, “BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN DATA-DRIVEN AND THEORY-DRIVEN MODELLING – LEVERAGING CAUSAL MACHINE LEARNING FOR INTEGRATIVE MODELLING OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS,” presented at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Amman, Jordan, 2025.","bibtex":"@inproceedings{Zapata Gonzalez_Meyer_Müller_2025, title={BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN DATA-DRIVEN AND THEORY-DRIVEN MODELLING – LEVERAGING CAUSAL MACHINE LEARNING FOR INTEGRATIVE MODELLING OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS}, booktitle={European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)}, author={Zapata Gonzalez, David Ricardo and Meyer, Marcel and Müller, Oliver}, year={2025} }"},"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"main_file_link":[{"url":"https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2025/bus_analytics/bus_analytics/2/"}],"keyword":["Causal Machine Learning","Causality in Time Series","Causal Discovery","Human-Machine  Collaboration"]}