The paper introduces a model‑agnostic inference framework for partially identified causal effects that leverages covariate information without requiring discrete covariates or accurate conditional distribution estimates. Using duality theory for optimal transport, the method delivers uniformly valid inference in randomized experiments, is doubly robust in observational settings, achieves asymptotic unbiasedness when nuisance parameters converge semiparametrically, and allows multiplier‑bootstrap selection of covariates and models while remaining computationally efficient. Empirical applications show the approach consistently narrows identified sets and confidence intervals without imposing extra structural assumptions.
By Wenlong Ji, Lihua Lei, Asher Spector
arXiv:2606. 00278v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: For many real-world systems, causal ground truth is difficult to obtain, making claims about causal effects hard to assess.
By Erik Jahn, Dominik Janzing
arXiv:2606. 21185v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: There is a precise sense in which drawing causal inferences from observational data is hard, even when identifiability is assumed.
By Alexis Bellot
arXiv:2603. 02159v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Instrumental variable (IV) and proximal causal learning (Proxy) methods are central frameworks for causal inference in the presence of unobserved confounding.
By Yuqi Zhang, Krikamol Muandet, Dino Sejdinovic, Edwin Fong, Siu Lun Chau
arXiv:2607. 11508v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Causal discovery, the process of recovering underlying causal structures from observational data, is a fundamental pursuit across scientific disciplines.
By Jie Qiao, Ruichu Cai, Zijian Li, Weilin Chen, Pengfei Hua, Boyan Xu, Zhengming Chen, Zhifeng Hao, Peng Cui
arXiv:2511. 14441v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: To distinguish Markov equivalent graphs in causal discovery, it is necessary to restrict the structural causal model.
By Daniel Klippert, Alexander Marx
arXiv:2410. 14483v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Reliable uncertainty quantification for causal effects is crucial in high-stakes applications, but remains challenging when the target is an entire function rather than a scalar estimand.
By Hugh Dance, Peter Orbanz, Arthur Gretton
arXiv:2606. 19361v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Identification conditions describe the computability of a target query or parameter of interest as a function of the type and amount of information available.
By Lucius E. J. Bynum, Rajesh Ranganath, Kyunghyun Cho
The paper introduces Minimum Specification Perturbation (MSP), a metric that counts the smallest number of analyst decisions that must be altered to make a causal study’s confidence interval include zero. MSP is small under the null hypothesis, grows with effect size, and provides a distance‑to‑falsification measure that traditional dispersion‑based robustness tools cannot capture. The authors demonstrate that MSP and the Fragility Index assess different vulnerabilities, and show that on the LaLonde benchmark MSP equals one, meaning a single decision change would render the estimate statistically insignificant.
By Hoang Dang, Luan Pham, Minh Nguyen
arXiv:2606. 01457v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bayesian optimization is a popular way to optimize expensive systems, where every experiment, simulation, or intervention costs time or money.
By Mohammad Ali Javidian
arXiv:2606. 23741v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Causal reasoning, which encompasses the discovery of causal structures and the inference of causal effects, is fundamental to data-driven decision making.
By Xianjie Guo, Yuwei Wang, Guodu Xiang, Xiaoli Tang, Kui Yu, Han Yu, Qiang Yang
arXiv:2606. 06288v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Causal representation learning aims to infer the high-level latent causal concepts that give rise to observed low-level measurements.
By Ankur Garg, Michael Stettler, Aaron Schein, Julius von K\"ugelgen