Meta-transportability of causal effects: A formal approach

Journal of Machine Learning Research

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-143

  Bareinboim, Elias ^a   Pearl, Judea ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FORMAL APPROACH; HETEROGENEOUS DOMAINS; TARGET DOMAIN; TWO DOMAINS; UNBIASED ESTIMATES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84921451964     PISSN: 15324435     EISSN: 15337928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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