Causal identifiability via Chain Event Graphs

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 195, Issue , 2013, Pages 291-315

  Thwaites, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back Door theorem; Bayesian Network; Causal identifiability; Causal manipulation; Chain Event Graph; Conditional independence; Front Door theorem

Indexed keywords

CHAINS;

BACK DOORS; CAUSAL MANIPULATION; CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCES; EVENT GRAPHS; FRONT DOOR THEOREM; IDENTIFIABILITY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 84884906891     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artint.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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