arXiv AI

Verifying formulas for interventional distributions

arXiv:2607. 13883v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We formalize verification in causal graphical models: deciding whether a given observational formula identifies a target interventional distribution.

arXiv AI
Jul 7

Fixed-Confidence Best-Arm Identification for Causal Mediation Analysis

arXiv:2607. 04315v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper studies the problem of identifying the treatment that maximizes the expected natural direct potential outcome (NDPO), which captures the potential outcome of an intervention while excluding the pathway transmitted through a mediator that researchers may wish to remove from evaluation.

By Harsh Shrivastava, Yuta Kawakami, Junpei Komiyama, Jin Tian
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 19

Unsupervised Causal Abstractions Discovery

arXiv:2606. 19594v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Causal abstractions formalize when a high-level structural causal model (SCM) captures the interventional behavior of a lower-level SCM.

By Th\'eo Saulus, Simon Lacoste-Julien, Dhanya Sridhar
arXiv AI
Jun 19

Computational Identifiability

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
arXiv AI
Jun 2

Causal Density Functions

arXiv:2606. 00754v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We introduce causal density functions: Radon-Nikodym derivatives that compare interventional laws to observational laws and therefore act as local density ratios for causal effects.

By Sridhar Mahadevan