Summary of Average Controlled and Average Natural Micro Direct Effects in Summary Causal Graphs, by Simon Ferreira and Charles K. Assaad
Average Controlled and Average Natural Micro Direct Effects in Summary Causal Graphs
by Simon Ferreira, Charles K. Assaad
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Methodology (stat.ME)
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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 delves into the challenge of identifying direct effects in complex causal systems, particularly in epidemiological contexts. The authors focus on summary causal graphs, which are abstractions of full causal graphs, to tackle issues like cycles and omitted temporal information that complicate causal inference. They explore the identifiability of average controlled direct effects and average natural direct effects under specific conditions, highlighting the difficulties of defining and identifying non-parametric direct effects in these systems. The authors provide sufficient conditions for identifying micro direct effects from summary causal graphs in the presence of hidden confounding, as well as show that certain conditions become necessary when there is no hidden confounding. This work has implications for handling real-world complexities in epidemiological studies. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us understand how to figure out what causes something else to happen in complex systems. Imagine you’re trying to understand why people get sick, and you want to know what factors contribute to that. It’s hard because there are many variables involved, like genetics, environment, and behavior. The authors use a special kind of diagram called a summary causal graph to help with this problem. They show how to identify the effects of certain factors on others in these complex systems. This is important for understanding real-world problems like disease spread. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Inference
