arXiv Machine Learning June 30, 2026 By Jinlun Zhang, Haoneng Huang, Zishu Zhan, Chunquan Ou

Distributional Causal Mediation via Conditional Generative Modeling

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arXiv:2605. 01765v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Mediation analysis has traditionally focused on outcome-level summary contrasts, such as mean effects, which may obscure substantial distributional changes induced by complex and nonlinear causal mechanisms.

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