The decision theoretic approach to causal inference

Causality: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 25-42

  Dawid, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Propensity analysis' and decision theoretic version; Algebraic theory of conditional independence, causal assertions as ECI relations; Causal inference problems, propensity, variables and treatment effect; causal inference, and the DT approach; Causal inference, information transfer from one 'regime' to another; DT explication of concept of ACE; DT, and potential response modelling and causal graphs; DT, causal and associational concepts and quantities; Fisherian decision theoretic approach; Pearlian, DT specialisation, ECI with DAG related, structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957055317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119945710.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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