Causal Inference and Causal Explanation with Background Knowledge

Abstract

This paper presents correct algorithms for answering the following two questions; (i) Does there exist a causal explanation consistent with a set of background knowledge which explains all of the observed independence facts in a sample? (ii) Given that there is such a causal explanation what are the causal relationships common to every such causal explanation?

Appears in Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI1995)

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