A general dynamical statistical model with causal interpretation

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 719-736

  Commenges, Daniel ^a,b   Gégout Petit, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Causal influence; Causality; Differential equations; Directed graphs; Dynamical models; Human immunodeficiency virus; Randomization; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 66849097832     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2009.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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