Complete identification methods for the causal hierarchy

Journal of Machine Learning Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages 1941-1979

  Shpitser, Ilya ^a   Pearl, Judea ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Graphical causal models; Identification

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROBABILITY;

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CAUSALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXTERNAL-; GRAPHICAL CAUSAL MODELS; GRAPHICAL MODELS; IDENTIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION METHODS; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES; THREE LEVELS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 54249144090     PISSN: 15324435     EISSN: 15337928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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