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Constructive Abstraction

Type of abstraction map where node information is computed from non-overlapping neuron sets

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  • Formal definition: H is a constructive abstraction of L under alignment Π when interchange interventions have equivalent effects at both levels.
  • Key notion where alignment map ϕ maps neurons block-wise to latent variables before constructive abstraction
  • Notion where all interventions on algorithm A are allowed; gives equivalence between algorithm and DNN

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