Data-driven covariate selection for nonparametric estimation of causal effects

Journal of Machine Learning Research

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 256-264

  Entner, Doris ^a   Hoyer, Patrik O ^a   Spirtes, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES; COVARIATES; DATA DRIVEN; DEPENDENCE RELATIONSHIPS; ELEMENTARY RULES; NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATIONS; SOUND AND COMPLETE; UNBIASED ESTIMATOR;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84943553265     PISSN: 15324435     EISSN: 15337928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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