Preemption: One problem case for the probability view, on which the root idea of causation is that of making more likely, is the case of preemption (Good 1961 and 1962, Lewis 1986a, Menzies 1989b, Collins, Hall, and Paul 2004, Paul and Hall 2013 inter alia).
We define 10 problems in terms of (1) the machine configuration, (2) preemption of job processing, (3) the number of vehicles, and (4) the capacity of vehicles.
Paul Noordhof (1999) develops an elaborite counterfactual probabilistic theory of causation designed to deal with preemption, and additional problems relating to causes that affect the time at which an event occurs.
The probability and process views appear subject to a number of systematic problems, including the problems of preemption and fizzling for probability views, and disconnection and misconnection for process views (Section 2.1.1).
See the entry for "causation: counterfactual theories" for extensive discussion of the problem of preemption.
This account is also motivated by the problems of preemption and probability-lowering causes.
We consider the problem of optimal preemption control in preemptive systems with loss.
This observation suggests that one solution to the problem of late preemption might be to insist that the events involved should be construed as fragile events.
See the entry on 'Causation: Counterfactual Theories' for extensive discussion of some of the issues presented here, in particular, problems relating to preemption.
This definition not only ensures the transitivity of causation, but it also appears to solve an additional problem to do with preemption that is illustrated by the following example.
