Stratified Causal Theories for Reasoning about Deterministic Devices and Protocols Antony Galton and Juan Carlos Augusto   View Paper (PDF)   Return to Poster Session Abstract We present a method for formalising the behaviour of simple deterministic devices and protocols in a way that makes explicit the causal dependencies amongst the component elements, thereby allowing true causal (as opposed to purely temporal) reasoning. Our intention is to handle such systems effectively in the simplest possible way, without invoking additional problematic considerations (concerning, for example, non-monotonicity) that may be necessary for modelling a more general range of scenarios. DiSC'03 © 2003 Association for Computing Machinery