Causation, prediction, and search

zbMath0806.62001MaRDI QIDQ1204149

Peter Spirtes, Richard Scheines, Clark Glymour

Publication date: 30 March 1993

Published in: Lecture Notes in Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

sampling estimation probability distributions predictions regression open problems indistinguishability axioms causal inference experimental design causal structure causal relationships discovery algorithms causally sufficient structures computationally efficient search procedures linear theories unmeasured variables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistics (62-02)

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