Causal machine learning for predicting treatment outcomes
Causal machine learning (ML) offers flexible, data-driven methods for predicting treatment
outcomes including efficacy and toxicity, thereby supporting the assessment and safety of …
outcomes including efficacy and toxicity, thereby supporting the assessment and safety of …
Quantifying the robustness of causal inferences: Sensitivity analysis for pragmatic social science
Social scientists seeking to inform policy or public action must carefully consider how to
identify effects and express inferences because actions based on invalid inferences may not …
identify effects and express inferences because actions based on invalid inferences may not …
Assessing algorithmic fairness with unobserved protected class using data combination
The increasing impact of algorithmic decisions on people's lives compels us to scrutinize
their fairness and, in particular, the disparate impacts that ostensibly color-blind algorithms …
their fairness and, in particular, the disparate impacts that ostensibly color-blind algorithms …
Generalization bounds and representation learning for estimation of potential outcomes and causal effects
Practitioners in diverse fields such as healthcare, economics and education are eager to
apply machine learning to improve decision making. The cost and impracticality of …
apply machine learning to improve decision making. The cost and impracticality of …
Identifying prediction mistakes in observational data
A Rambachan - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Decision makers, such as doctors, judges, and managers, make consequential choices
based on predictions of unknown outcomes. Do these decision makers make systematic …
based on predictions of unknown outcomes. Do these decision makers make systematic …
B-learner: Quasi-oracle bounds on heterogeneous causal effects under hidden confounding
Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects from observational data is a crucial task across
many fields, hel** policy and decision-makers take better actions. There has been recent …
many fields, hel** policy and decision-makers take better actions. There has been recent …
Sharp bounds for generalized causal sensitivity analysis
Causal inference from observational data is crucial for many disciplines such as medicine
and economics. However, sharp bounds for causal effects under relaxations of the …
and economics. However, sharp bounds for causal effects under relaxations of the …
Quantifying ignorance in individual-level causal-effect estimates under hidden confounding
We study the problem of learning conditional average treatment effects (CATE) from high-
dimensional, observational data with unobserved confounders. Unobserved confounders …
dimensional, observational data with unobserved confounders. Unobserved confounders …
What's the harm? sharp bounds on the fraction negatively affected by treatment
N Kallus - Advances in Neural Information Processing …, 2022 - proceedings.neurips.cc
The fundamental problem of causal inference--that we never observe counterfactuals--
prevents us from identifying how many might be negatively affected by a proposed …
prevents us from identifying how many might be negatively affected by a proposed …
Conformal sensitivity analysis for individual treatment effects
Estimating an individual treatment effect (ITE) is essential to personalized decision making.
However, existing methods for estimating the ITE often rely on unconfoundedness, an …
However, existing methods for estimating the ITE often rely on unconfoundedness, an …