Related issues
Causality and machine learning
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Testing, model fit and reliability
Evaluation of model assumptions
D. Schkoda, M. Drton. Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Linear Non-Gaussian Structural Equation Models. arXiv:2311.04585, 2023.
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Statistical reliability
NEW D. Strieder, M. Drton. Dual Likelihood for Causal Inference under Structure Uncertainty. arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.08328.
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Learning from multiple datasets
G. Varando, S. Catsis, E. Diaz, G. Camps-Vallsg. Pairwise causal discovery with support measure machines. Applied Soft Computing, 150:111030, 2023.
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Benchmark datasets
M. Hardt, W. Orchard, P. Blöbaum, S. Kasiviswanathan, E. Kirschbaum. The PetShop Dataset -- Finding Causes of Performance Issues across Microservices. arXiv:2311.04806 , 2023.
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Others
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