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Main Authors: Upreti, Nijesh, Belle, Vaishak
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.21216
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author Upreti, Nijesh
Belle, Vaishak
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Belle, Vaishak
contents Abstraction is essential for reducing the complexity of systems across diverse fields, yet designing effective abstraction methodology for probabilistic models is inherently challenging due to stochastic behaviors and uncertainties. Current approaches often distill detailed probabilistic data into higher-level summaries to support tractable and interpretable analyses, though they typically struggle to fully represent the relational and probabilistic hierarchies through single-layered abstractions. We introduce a hierarchical probabilistic abstraction framework aimed at addressing these challenges by extending a measure-theoretic foundation for hierarchical abstraction. The framework enables modular problem-solving via layered mappings, facilitating both detailed layer-specific analysis and a cohesive system-wide understanding. This approach bridges high-level conceptualization with low-level perceptual data, enhancing interpretability and allowing layered analysis. Our framework provides a robust foundation for abstraction analysis across AI subfields, particularly in aligning System 1 and System 2 thinking, thereby supporting the development of diverse abstraction methodologies.
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spellingShingle An Algebraic Framework for Hierarchical Probabilistic Abstraction
Upreti, Nijesh
Belle, Vaishak
Artificial Intelligence
Abstraction is essential for reducing the complexity of systems across diverse fields, yet designing effective abstraction methodology for probabilistic models is inherently challenging due to stochastic behaviors and uncertainties. Current approaches often distill detailed probabilistic data into higher-level summaries to support tractable and interpretable analyses, though they typically struggle to fully represent the relational and probabilistic hierarchies through single-layered abstractions. We introduce a hierarchical probabilistic abstraction framework aimed at addressing these challenges by extending a measure-theoretic foundation for hierarchical abstraction. The framework enables modular problem-solving via layered mappings, facilitating both detailed layer-specific analysis and a cohesive system-wide understanding. This approach bridges high-level conceptualization with low-level perceptual data, enhancing interpretability and allowing layered analysis. Our framework provides a robust foundation for abstraction analysis across AI subfields, particularly in aligning System 1 and System 2 thinking, thereby supporting the development of diverse abstraction methodologies.
title An Algebraic Framework for Hierarchical Probabilistic Abstraction
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.21216