Identifiability of latent-variable and structural-equation models: from linear to nonlinear
An old problem in multivariate statistics is that linear Gaussian models are often
unidentifiable. In factor analysis, an orthogonal rotation of the factors is unidentifiable, while …
unidentifiable. In factor analysis, an orthogonal rotation of the factors is unidentifiable, while …
Nonparametric identifiability of causal representations from unknown interventions
J von Kügelgen, M Besserve… - Advances in …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We study causal representation learning, the task of inferring latent causal variables and
their causal relations from high-dimensional functions (“mixtures”) of the variables. Prior …
their causal relations from high-dimensional functions (“mixtures”) of the variables. Prior …
Effective Bayesian heteroscedastic regression with deep neural networks
Flexibly quantifying both irreducible aleatoric and model-dependent epistemic uncertainties
plays an important role for complex regression problems. While deep neural networks in …
plays an important role for complex regression problems. While deep neural networks in …
Counterfactual identifiability of bijective causal models
A Nasr-Esfahany, M Alizadeh… - … Conference on Machine …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
We study counterfactual identifiability in causal models with bijective generation
mechanisms (BGM), a class that generalizes several widely-used causal models in the …
mechanisms (BGM), a class that generalizes several widely-used causal models in the …
Finding counterfactually optimal action sequences in continuous state spaces
S Tsirtsis, M Rodriguez - Advances in Neural Information …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Whenever a clinician reflects on the efficacy of a sequence of treatment decisions for a
patient, they may try to identify critical time steps where, had they made different decisions …
patient, they may try to identify critical time steps where, had they made different decisions …
Partial counterfactual identification of continuous outcomes with a curvature sensitivity model
V Melnychuk, D Frauen… - Advances in Neural …, 2023 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Counterfactual inference aims to answer retrospective" what if" questions and thus belongs
to the most fine-grained type of inference in Pearl's causality ladder. Existing methods for …
to the most fine-grained type of inference in Pearl's causality ladder. Existing methods for …
Scalable counterfactual distribution estimation in multivariate causal models
We consider the problem of estimating the counterfactual joint distribution of multiple
quantities of interests (eg, outcomes) in a multivariate causal model extended from the …
quantities of interests (eg, outcomes) in a multivariate causal model extended from the …
Ocdaf: Ordered causal discovery with autoregressive flows
We propose OCDaf, a novel order-based method for learning causal graphs from
observational data. We establish the identifiability of causal graphs within multivariate …
observational data. We establish the identifiability of causal graphs within multivariate …
From Geometry to Causality-Ricci Curvature and the Reliability of Causal Inference on Networks
Causal inference on networks faces challenges posed in part by violations of standard
identification assumptions due to dependencies between treatment units. Although graph …
identification assumptions due to dependencies between treatment units. Although graph …