The Proximal ID Algorithm

no code implementations • 15 Aug 2021 • Ilya Shpitser, Zach Wood-Doughty, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen

Unobserved confounding is a fundamental obstacle to establishing valid causal conclusions from observational data.

Causal Inference valid

Counterexamples to "The Blessings of Multiple Causes" by Wang and Blei

no code implementations • 17 Jan 2020 • Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Ilya Shpitser, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen

This note has been updated (April, 2020) to respond to "Towards Clarifying the Theory of the Deconfounder" by Yixin Wang, David M. Blei (arXiv:2003. 04948).

Comment on "Blessings of Multiple Causes"

no code implementations • 11 Oct 2019 • Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Ilya Shpitser, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen

(This comment has been updated to respond to Wang and Blei's rejoinder [arXiv:1910. 07320].)

Causal Inference valid