SphUnc: Hyperspherical Uncertainty Decomposition and Causal Identification via Information Geometry

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Authors: Rong Fu, Chunlei Meng, Jinshuo Liu, Dianyu Zhao, Yongtai Liu, Yibo Meng, Xiaowen Ma, Wangyu Wu, Yi Zeng, Shuaishuai Cao, Simon Fong
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Abstract

Reliable decision-making in complex multi-agent systems requires calibrated predictions and interpretable uncertainty. We introduce SphUnc, a unified framework combining hyperspherical representation learning with structural causal modeling. The model maps features to unit hypersphere latents using von Mises-Fisher distributions, decomposing uncertainty into epistemic and aleatoric components through information-geometric fusion. A structural causal model on spherical latents enables directed influence identification and interventional reasoning via sample-based simulation. Empirical evaluations on social and affective benchmarks demonstrate improved accuracy, better calibration, and interpretable causal signals, establishing a geometric-causal foundation for uncertainty-aware reasoning in multi-agent settings with higher-order interactions.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Cognitive Science and Mapping

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Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
1 March 2026
Document type
Preprint