arXiv Machine Learning By Alexis Bellot

Two Layers of Instability in Causal Estimation

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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.

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