Dynotears: Structure learning from time-series data

R Pamfil, N Sriwattanaworachai… - International …, 2020 - proceedings.mlr.press
We revisit the structure learning problem for dynamic Bayesian networks and propose a
method that simultaneously estimates contemporaneous (intra-slice) and time-lagged (inter …

Assumption violations in causal discovery and the robustness of score matching

F Montagna, A Mastakouri, E Eulig… - Advances in …, 2023 - proceedings.neurips.cc
When domain knowledge is limited and experimentation is restricted by ethical, financial, or
time constraints, practitioners turn to observational causal discovery methods to recover the …

Causal discovery algorithms: A practical guide

D Malinsky, D Danks - Philosophy Compass, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Many investigations into the world, including philosophical ones, aim to discover causal
knowledge, and many experimental methods have been developed to assist in causal …

A method for agent-based models validation

M Guerini, A Moneta - Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new method to empirically validate simulation models that generate
artificial time series data comparable with real-world data. The approach is based on …

Causal structure learning from multivariate time series in settings with unmeasured confounding

D Malinsky, P Spirtes - … of 2018 ACM SIGKDD workshop on …, 2018 - proceedings.mlr.press
We present constraint-based and (hybrid) score-based algorithms for causal structure
learning that estimate dynamic graphical models from multivariate time series data. In …

Understanding physicians' online-offline behavior dynamics: an empirical study

L Wang, L Yan, T Zhou, X Guo… - Information Systems …, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
Physicians' participation in online healthcare platforms serves to integrate online healthcare
resources with the offline medical system. This integration brings opportunities for resha** …

Necessary and sufficient conditions for causal feature selection in time series with latent common causes

AA Mastakouri, B Schölkopf… - … conference on machine …, 2021 - proceedings.mlr.press
We study the identification of direct and indirect causes on time series with latent variables,
and provide a constrained-based causal feature selection method, which we prove that is …

Combining multiple functional connectivity methods to improve causal inferences

R Sanchez-Romero, MW Cole - Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
Cognition and behavior emerge from brain network interactions, suggesting that causal
interactions should be central to the study of brain function. Yet, approaches that …

Growth processes of high-growth firms as a four-dimensional chicken and egg

A Coad, M Cowling, J Siepel - Industrial and Corporate Change, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This article investigates whether high-growth firms grow in different ways from other firms.
Specifically, we analyze how firms grow along several dimensions (growth of sales …

Causal feature selection via transfer entropy

P Bonetti, AM Metelli, M Restelli - 2024 International Joint …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning algorithms are designed to capture complex relationships between
features. In this context, the high dimensionality of data often results in poor model …