Causal discovery with confidence using invariance principles

Causal discovery with confidence using invariance principles

Neyman Seminar
Nov 18, 2015, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | 344 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Nicolai Meinshausen, ETH Zurich
What is interesting about causal inference? One of the most compelling aspects is that any prediction under a causal model is valid in environments that are possibly very different to the environment used for inference. For example, variables can be actively changed and predictions will still be valid and useful. This invariance is very useful but still leaves open the difficult question of...