Uncertainty-aware Causal Decision Making via Effect Bound Decomposition
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arXiv:2601.22736v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Causal inference from observational data can provide strong evidence for finding the best action in a decision-making scenario without having to perform expensive randomized trials. The causal effect of an action is often not pointwise identifiable even with infinite data due to unobserved confounding factors. Furthermore, having only finitely many samples adds another layer of uncertainty to causal effect estimation. Several existing methods can be used to obtain upper and lower bounds to the causal effect, ranging from symbolic method
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2601.22736v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Causal inference from observational data can provide strong evidence for finding the best action in a decision-making scenario without having to perform expensive randomized trials.
- The causal effect of an action is often not pointwise identifiable even with infinite data due to unobserved confounding factors.
- Furthermore, having only finitely many samples adds another layer of uncertainty to causal effect estimation.
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