Causal inference by using invariant prediction: identification and confidence intervals

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 947-1012

  Peters, Jonas ^a,b   Bühlmann, Peter ^b   Meinshausen, Nicolai ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Causal discovery; Causal inference; Confidence intervals; Invariant prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990890005     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12167     Document Type: Article

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