Identifying Direct Causal Effects in Latent Factor Models by Accounting for Unidentified Parents
考虑尚未识别的父节点效应以识别潜因子模型中的直接因果效应
We consider linear structural equation models with explicitly modelled latent variables. In such models, observed and latent variables solve linear equations including stochastic noise terms. The goal of our work is to identify the direct causal effects between the observed variables of interest by providing (rational) formulas in the observed covariances. Most prior identification approaches operate in the latent projection framework, where latent variables are projected…