Inferring causal networks from observations and interventions

Cognitive Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 453-489

  Steyvers, Mark ^a   Tenenbaum, Joshua B ^b   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^c   Blum, Ben ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Bayesian models; Bayesian networks; Causal reasoning; Computer simulation; Decision making; Human experimentation; Hypothesis testing; Interventions; Observational learning; Rational inference; Structure learning; Web experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037564509     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0364-0213(03)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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