Exact variance formula for the estimated mean outcome with external intervention based on the front-door criterion in Gaussian linear structural equation models

DOI10.1016/J.JMVA.2021.104766MaRDI QIDQ2048113zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hisayoshi Nanmo, Manabu Kuroki

Publication date 5 August 2021

Published in Journal of Multivariate Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2021.104766

zbMATH Keywords

causal effectidentificationtotal effectpath diagramstructural causal modelfront-door criterion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic graphical models (62H22) Causal inference from observational studies (62D20)

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