Path Constraints for Causal Discovery
author: Frederick Eberhardt,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
published: Oct. 6, 2014, recorded: December 2013, views: 1646
published: Oct. 6, 2014, recorded: December 2013, views: 1646
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A linear Gaussian parameterization of a causal model has the advantage that one can characterize the causal effect of an individual pathway, and that the causal effect from one variable on another decomposes into the causal effects of each connecting pathway, which themselves decompose into the causal effects of each direct cause on such a pathway. This feature, characterized in terms of so-called 'trek-rules' enables the use of efficient discovery algorithms for causal models with feedback and latent variables. These discovery procedures can be adapted to handle discrete models with a noisy-or parameterization by using a version of Patricia Cheng's Power-PC statistic.
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