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随机实验中成对数据的因果推断AI 解读

Estimating treatment effects in networked settings is a central challenge in online controlled experiments, particularly on social media platforms. We investigate a scenario where the unit-level outcome of interest comprises a series of dyadic outcomes that record pairwise interactions between units, spanning from point-to-point messaging at the microscale to bilateral trade flows at the macroscale. Because the response is defined at the dyadic level, the treatment assigned…

机器学习辅助协变量调整的设计型边层面因果推断AI 解读

We study design-based causal inference for edge-level outcomes in directed networks under dyadic interference. In this setting, outcomes are defined on directed edges and depend on the joint treatment assignments of pairs of units, inducing a complex dependence structure that invalidates standard estimation and inference procedures developed for node-level data. We construct Horvitz--Thompson estimators for a general class of edge-level causal effects and establish their…

网络干扰下社交网络 A/B 测试的协方差优化设计AI 解读

Online A/B tests have become increasingly popular and important for social platforms. However, accurately estimating the global average treatment effect (GATE) has proven to be challenging due to network interference, which violates the Stable Unit Treatment Value Assumption (SUTVA) and poses a great challenge to experimental design. Existing network experimental design research was mostly based on the unbiased Horvitz-Thompson (HT) estimator with substantial data trimming…