Causality : models, reasoning, and inference

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Causality : models, reasoning, and inference

Judea Pearl

Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-373) and indexes

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Description

Causality offers the first comprehensive coverage of causal analysis in many sciences, including recent advances using graphical methods. Pearl presents a unified account of the probabilistic, manipulative, counterfactual and structural approaches to causation, and devises simple mathematical tools for analyzing the relationships between causal connections, statistical associations, actions and observations. The book will open the way for including causal analysis in the standard curriculum of statistics, artificial intelligence, business, epidemiology, social science and economics.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction to probabilities, graphs, and causal models
  • 2. A theory of inferred causation
  • 3. Causal diagrams and the identification of causal effects
  • 4. Actions, plans, and direct effects
  • 5. Causality and structural models in the social sciences
  • 6. Simpson's paradox, confounding, and collapsibility
  • 7. Structural and counterfactual models
  • 8. Imperfect experiments: bounds and counterfactuals
  • 9. Probability of causation: interpretation and identification
  • Epilogue: the art and science of cause and effect.

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  • NCID
    BA53611491
  • ISBN
    • 9780521773621
  • LCCN
    99042108
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 384 p.
  • Size
    27 cm
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