Programs as Actual Causes: A Building Block for Accountability
Anupam Datta, Deepak Garg, Dilsun Kaynar, Divya Sharma, Arunesh Sinha
TL;DR
This paper proposes a framework that models programs as actual causes to enhance accountability and understanding of computational processes.
Contribution
It introduces a novel approach to interpret programs as actual causes, providing a foundation for accountability in software systems.
Findings
Framework effectively identifies causes in complex programs
Enhances transparency and accountability in software execution
Applicable to debugging and legal accountability contexts
Abstract
An updated version of this paper is available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.01131
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TopicsDistributed systems and fault tolerance · Information and Cyber Security · Access Control and Trust