Causal effect estimation under network interference with mean-field methods
网络干扰下基于平均场方法的因果效应估计
We study causal effect estimation from observational data under interference. The interference pattern is captured by an observed network. We adopt the chain graph framework of (J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 116 (2021) 833–844), which allows (i) interaction among the outcomes of distinct study units connected along the graph and (ii) long range interference, whereby the outcome of an unit may depend on the treatments assigned to distant units connected along the interference…