Summary of Cascade-based Randomization For Inferring Causal Effects Under Diffusion Interference, by Zahra Fatemi et al.
Cascade-based Randomization for Inferring Causal Effects under Diffusion Interference
by Zahra Fatemi, Jean Pouget-Abadie, Elena Zheleva
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper addresses the issue of biased causal effect estimation in network experiments due to interference, where the outcome of an individual depends on the treatment assignment and behavior of neighboring nodes. The authors propose a new approach, called cascade-based network experiment design, which takes into account the structure of cascades in networks. This method initiates treatment assignment from the seed node of a cascade and propagates it to multi-hop neighbors to limit interference during growth. The proposed framework is evaluated on real-world and synthetic datasets, showing improved performance compared to existing state-of-the-art approaches. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper tries to fix a problem in science where experiments can be messed up by what happens to other people in the same group. When we do these kinds of experiments, we want to know how something works because of us doing it, not because someone else was also treated or not treated. The researchers came up with a new way to make sure this doesn’t happen. They studied how things spread through groups and used that knowledge to make the experiment better. Now we can get more accurate answers from these kinds of experiments. |
