Causal diagrams for interference

Statistical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 559-578

  Ogburn, Elizabeth L ^a   VanderWeele, Tyler J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal diagrams; Causal inference; Contagion; DAGs; Graphical models; Infectiousness; Interference; Nonparametric identification; Social networks; Spillover effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921526755     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/14-STS501     Document Type: Article

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